Literary Non Fiction Vocabulary

Arguments can NOT be influenced by someone's perspective.

• True

• False

Central Idea

• universal message of a text

• central idea or theme that is not directly stated

• what a reading is about; the main point. 

• prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

Cause

• the character, moment, or situation that puts action into motion.

• what happens in a story because of the action put into place. 

• prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

• when an idea is not directly stated and a reader has to read closely and analyze to understand a big idea.

Bias

• ideas that are implied and not directly stated.

• uses central ideas, supporting details, and key vocabulary to present factual information.

• the universal message of a text.

• prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

Theme : ​ ​ (a)  

• universal message

• main point

Explicit means the theme is word for word.

• True

• False

Uses central ideas, supporting details, and key vocabulary to present factual information

• opinion writing

• argumentative writing

• informational writing

• narrative writing

The people, animals, robots, whatever are participating in the action of the story.

• Mood

• Characters

• Setting

• Conflict

the driving force of a story. Some examples include man v. man, man v. self, and man v. technology. 

• Setting

• Characters

• Resolution

• Conflict

The way someone views a situation. Perspective is influenced by all sorts of things including, age, gender, life experiences, personality, etc. 

• Argument

• Mood

• Perspective

• Character