Fiction and Nonfiction

1. Fiction and Nonfiction Utilizing terms to better understand and explain readings.

2. Conflict • Internal- should I go to a party where all of my friends will be or should I finish a science project that I put off and is due the next day??? • External- my mother expects me to get a job but it interferes with the activities I want to participate in. • Types of Conflict • Man v. man- a fight with a friend • Man v. nature- a storm preventing travel • Man v. technology- computer without obvious reason just not working • Man v. supernatural- fate keeps putting you in the same situation over again • Man v. society- a law preventing you from living where you want to live

3. Plot • Plot line: what happened???? • Elements of plot • Exposition • Rising action • Climax • Falling action • Resolution • Example: The Three Little Pigs

4. Point of View • Narrator • 1st person- I walked to the store and I thought about buying a soda. • 3rd person- He walked to the store. • 3rd person limited- Bill walked to the store with Julie. Bill thought about buying a soda. • 3rd omniscient- Julie and Bill walked to the store and they both thought about what they wanted to buy.

5. Characters • Protagonist- NOT the good guy/change and grow • Antagonist- NOT the bad guy • Major Character- the three little pigs • Minor Character- their mother

6. Foreshadowing • Fred left the house at eleven o'clock and drove into town. He was meeting his father for lunch at Brown's. Officially, they were just 'catching up', but they both knew Fred needed money again - and not such a small amount this time, either. • When Ruth Jones's alarm clock woke her at seven o'clock that morning, she had no idea that today would be the longest day of her life. • The leaves fell early that year.

7. Suspense Sensory Details • The clock is counting down: ten, nine, eight—Emma tries desperately to find a way to shoot the ball. She moves left, then right, but the other team’s guard is with her every step. Five, four, three . . . . Three seconds until they lose the championship unless Emma does something soon. Her heart is pounding. Sweat runs down her forehead into her eyes. Just then, Emma ducks under the defender’s outstretched arms, hurlstheball toward the net and, as the ball leaves her fingertips, “BUZZ!” A half-second later, “SWISH!” Victory!

8. Mood Sensory Details

9. Symbol/Symbolism

10. Theme Main thought or topic in a work of literature

11. Autobiography “Once, several years ago, when I was just starting out my writing career, I was asked to write my own contributor’s note for an anthology I was part of. I wrote: ‘I am the only daughter in a family of six sons. That explains everything.’” Key Factors-Written about a person by that person/life span

12. Biography “My father came to America in 1906 when he was not yet twenty-one. Sailing from Japan on a small six-thousand-ton ship which was buffeted all the way by rough seas, he landed in Seattle on a bleak January day.” Key Factors- Written about a person by another/life span

13. Tone

14. Essays • Persuasive/Argument-“Begin to say no to the Greek chorus that thinks it knows the parameters of a happy life when all it knows is the homogenization of the human experience. Listen to that small voice inside you, that tells you to go another way.” Key Factors- Single topic, opinion or belief with support • Expository/Explanatory-“Working in a retail store, a person encounters many kinds of people. I have encountered countless people and all fall into one of two categories, those who are aware and those who are not.” Key Factors- Single topic, facts or information • Personal/Narrative-“I sat down to rest on a broad, sloping ledge, but after a few minutes a deafening boom! frightened me back to my feet.” Key Factors- Personal single topic, memory or time period

15. Author’s Purposeand Perspective • Why is the author writing???? • What is the author’s viewpoint???

16. Quotes-Textual Evidence • A quote is something someone says…..your job is to quote NOT find a quote……you are looking for textual evidence.

17. Paraphrase

18. Summary Condense an entire piece into just its main parts.

19. Analysis • detailed examination of the elements or structure of something, typically as a basis for discussion or interpretation. • To analyze is to examine.

20. Thesis Statement/Claim • statement or assertion that something is the case

21. Reflection-to think back • What are your thoughts? How do you connect? What did you learn?

22. Expressions-Idioms and Proverbs • Idioms-a group of words that when together mean something other than when they are individual words. • Proverbs-short sayings stating a general truth or piece of advice

23. Open Ended QuestionsQuestions whose answers require a response that utilizes textual support

24. Connotation • An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. Childlike v. Youthful

25. Inference • Assuming that something is true or forming an opinion based on information

26. Context Clues • Bits of information from the text that, when combined with the reader’s own knowledge, help the reader determine the meaning of the text or unknown words in the text.

27. Facts or Opinions