Independent reading vocabulary

A detailed examination of the structure of a work.

• critique

• analysis

• fiction

• plot

A quality or characteristic

• attribute

• external conflict

• tone

• word choice

The main idea or summary of a work of fiction.

• point of view

• tone

• theme

• central idea

a person, animal, other being within a piece of literature.

• setting

• plot

• character

• attribute

A detailed critical analysis of a work of fiction.

• dialogue

• fiction

• tension

• critique

A conversation between characters

• dialogue

• word choice

• scenes

• voice

Literature that describes fake events and characters.

• internal conflict

• fiction

• non-fiction

• theme

A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence.

• setting

• voice

• inference

• analysis

A struggle one goes through within one's own self.

• Theme

• External conflict

• Internal conflict

• fiction

A struggle one goes through with outside forces.

• internal conflict

• theme

• tension

• external conflict