Literary Terms 2

An actual happening or truth. It can be proven. 

A passage that is made up rather than factually true. 

What are many small parts which help to tell a story?

The major idea, message, or topic that the author reveals in a literary work.

To cause to do something by using reason or argument; to cause to believe something.

Text that describes actions or events, usually written as fiction. 

To make a guess based on facts and observations.

Biography, mystery, historical fiction, and poetry are examples of what? 

The feeling or emotion the reader gets from a piece of writing.

The plot is why something happened. The events in the story are told in a scattered order.

The reasons the authors writes include all except?

To make a decision or form an opinion after considering the facts from the text.

What are words that mean the opposite?

To use examples to show how things are alike is called ______________________.

The main reason the passage was written. 

What is the central part of a word that other word parts may be attached to (also root words)?

A series of ___________ that make up a story is called plot. 

What is plot?

Text with the purpose of telling about details, facts, and information that is true.

To retell the most important details in a text, not the unimportant details. Paraphrase!

The -un in untied is an example of a suffix. Its means not tied.

____________________ is to use examples to show how things are different.

The _______________ is why it happened. The _______________ is what happened.

The author's ___________ is shown through the writer's choice of words and details.

The -tion in preparation is an example of a suffix. It means the act of preparing.

The way a story is told - first person, omniscient, or third person.

What one thinks about something or somebody is an opinion. It's not necessarily based on facts.

A biography is a true story about a person's life.

A person or an animal in a story, play, or other literary work?

The time and place of a story or play.