E1 Unit 2 Vocabulary

a story within another story that is usually told at the beginning or end. 

• frame story

• motive

• dynamic character

• primary source

an outside voice who is not a participant in the story 

• third person narrator

• claim

• static character

• simile

a character in a story who tells the story from their own perspective

• metaphor

• theme

• central idea

• first person narrator

a character in a story that doesn't change significantly throughout the story, remaining essentially the same from the beginning to the end.

• static character

• dynamic character

• motive

• symbol

a character in a story that undergoes a significant change or evolution, usually internally, over the course of the story

• metaphor

• first person narrator

• simile

• dynamic character

a reason for doing something

• primary source

• symbol

• motive

• claim

the main point or message that an author is trying to convey about a topic

• frame story

• central idea

• motive

• metaphor

the main argument or position taken

• claim

• theme

• simile

• primary source

an object, a person, a situation, or an action that has a literal meaning in a story but suggests or represents other meanings. 

• symbol

• simile

• theme

• motive

offers an eyewitness/first-hand view of an event

• metaphor

• static character

• frame story

• primary source