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common core vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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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 |