Determining Author's Point of View in Fiction and Nonfiction Text
Suspense
A feeling of uncertainty and curiosity about what will happen next in a story; key element in fiction and drama; "hook" writer uses to keep audience interested
Connotation
All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests
Humor
Anything that causes laughter or amusement; funny
Theme
Central idea of a work of literature; what the author wants you to learn from reading the story
Point of View in Nonfiction
Describes the author's opinion on a certain topic or issue; the author uses word choice, tone, and descriptive adjectives to express his point of view.
Mood
Mood is found in fictional text or literature; the author creates a feeling or atmosphere; the author uses adjectives, connotation and word choice to set the mood
Narrator/Speaker
Narrator that is found in fictional text or literature is the person telling the story. Narrator can be in 1st or 3rd person point of view.
Point of View in Fiction
Narrator who is telling the story in a work of fiction is a usually character in the story; first person (I, me, my), third person (he, she, it) or omniscient narrator are the most common types of narrators found in a work of fiction
Summary
Retelling of the most important parts of what was read.
Author's purpose
The reason the author has for writing. ( Inform, persuade, express, & entertain)
Setting
The time and place of a story
Nonfiction
Writing that tells about real people, places, and events.
Analogy
a comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
Fiction
a literary work based on the imagination; a fairy tale; a story that is made up and not real
Inference
an educated guess made by using background knowledge and evidence found in the text
Analyze
examine something carefully and break into parts
Distinguish
make clear the differences between two or more concepts or items; to differentiate one point of view from another
Tone
the attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Author's Purpose
the author's reason for writing; the author's purpose to inform/teach, to entertain, or to persuade/convince the audience
Conflicting evidence (or viewpoint)
the other side of the story; an author can present two points of view as a strategy
Plot
the sequence of events in a literary work
Dramatic irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't