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Vocab definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| point of view | The narrators position in relation to the story being told; First person,second person,third person limited,third person omniscient,third person objective |
| Context clues | hints hidden within a sentence,paragraph, or text. |
| authors purpose | the reason the author writes. |
| Tone | The attitude of an author torward a subject or audience |
| mood | feelings evoked in the reader as a reaction to the atmosphere around the writing |
| theme | the moral or lesson of the story |
| symbolism | the use of symbols to signify ideas by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from the literal sense |
| suspense | a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen |
| flashback | moments identified by the author that relate to previous events |
| foreshadowing | clues by the author that hint to later events |