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Vocab
Anne of Green Gables
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| point of view | answers the question, “Who is telling the story?”; the character view from which a story is told (first, second, third person limited, third person omniscient) |
| plot | the main events of a play, novel, movie, planned and presented by the writer |
| characterization | a description of the distinctive nature or features of someone or something |
| setting | the time, place, and environment where the narrative takes place |
| theme | a universal idea, lesson, or message explored throughout a work of literature |
| inference | drawing a conclusion based on evidence, reasoning, and prior knowledge, rather than on information that is explicitly stated |
| evidence | specific details, examples, or quotes from the text that prove your ideas or your answer to a question |
| literary genres | a category or type of book that shares similar characteristics, like style, content, and themes; four main types in literature are fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama |
| perspective | how that narrator/character of a story sees and understands the story based on their unique experiences, feelings, and biases |
| narrative writing | a sequence of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious. |
| prefix | a word part added to the beginning of a root word that changes the word’s meaning |
| suffix | a word part added to the end of a root word that changes the word’s meaning |
| connotation | a word’s added feeling, idea, or association that comes to mind in addition to its dictionary meaning; can be positive, negative, or neutral |
| denotation | a word’s literal dictionary definition; denotation = definition |
| context clues | used to help you figure out a word’s meaning from other words in the sentence or paragraph when you don’t have the word’s definition or don’t know the word |