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Vocabulary List 9
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant letter in the alphabet ("Peter Piper picked a peck of pickle peppers.") |
| Theme | Main idea, moral, or message in a piece of writing. |
| Central Idea | What the passage or text is mainly about. |
| Idiom | Groups of words whose meaning is different from the usual meaning of the words. Ex. "Put a lid on it." "Couch Potato" |
| Author's Purpose | Reason the author writes: persuade, inform, entertain (PIE) |
| Hyperbole | Great exaggeration used to emphasize a point. |
| Plot | Sequence of events that tell a story from beginning to end. |
| 1st Person Point of View | The narrator is a character in the story (uses I, me, my, we, our). |
| 2nd Person Point of View | When the narrator refers to one of the characters (or the reader) as "You" |
| 3rd Person Point of View | Narrator is NOT involved in the story (uses he, she, they). |