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vocab 9
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Literary | pertaining to or of the nature of books and writings, especially those classed as literature |
| Claim | to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due |
| Annotation | a critical or explanatory note or body of notes added to a text |
| Fiction | the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, especially in prose form. |
| Plot | a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: |
| Evidence | that which tends to prove or disprove something; ground for belief; proof. |
| Informational | knowledge communicated or received concerning a particular fact or circumstance; news: |
| Setting | the act of a person or thing that sets. |
| Inference | the act or process of inferring. |
| Non-Fiction | the branch of literature comprising works of narrative prose dealing with or offering opinions or conjectures upon facts and reality, including biography, history, and the essay |
| Character | the aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing. |
| Summary | a comprehensive and usually brief abstract, recapitulation, or compendium of previously stated facts or statements |
| Genre | a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like: |
| Analysis | the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements |
| Paraphrase | a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness |