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common core vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| An account of a person's life told by that person | autobiography |
| An account of a person's life told by another person | biography |
| when the reader knows more than the characters do | dramatic irony |
| sarcasm: what the speaker says is not what he means | verbal irony |
| twist of fate; what the reader thought would happen doesn't | irony |
| spoken words between characters | dialogue |
| when a character speaks to himself or the audience during a play | monologue |
| When the narrator takes part in the action and events of the story | 1st person point of view |
| writing that tells a fiction or nonfiction story | narrative |
| time order; first to last, last to first | chronological order |
| I, me, my ,we, our | 1st person pronouns |
| when a story goes back in time | flashback |
| hints or clues to let the reader know what will happen later | foreshadowing |
| the emotional feeling an author creates through writing | mood |
| the action and events resulting in the climax and resolution of the conflict | plot |
| the conflict to be resolved | problem |
| written and spoken language | prose |
| to look back and learn from the past so that we can grow and change | reflection |
| the time and place of the piece of literature | setting |
| the main idea of the story | theme |
| types of writing: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, memoir | genre |