READING SKILLS 3.3

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Short Stories- A tale with fully developed theme, which can be read in one sitting

Novella- A tale that's longer than a short story but shorter than a novel

Novel- lengthy fictional story

Protagonist- The main character in a story

Abbe- A member of the French clergy

Petrified- Turned to stone

KEY POINTS

The term fiction refers to writing that's the product of someone's imagination.

Characters are the people that authors create for their stories.

Setting refers to the place and time the story occurs, settings in fiction may be real or imagined places or a combination of both.

Plot refers to the sequence of events in a story-- that is, what the story is about.

Conflict refers to the issue to be resolved in the story

theme refers to the main point of the story. Its the message the writer is trying to convey

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Evidence- information that supports a conclusion

Conclusion- What you decide based on the evidence or opinion

Fact- information that can be proved with evidence.

Opinion- What someone thinks or believes about something

Influence- To try to convince someone of something

Neutral- A word or statement that is not meant to make readers feel a certain way

Stanza- Two or more lines in a poem that create division within a poem

Poetry- A form of writing that uses imaginary to make it's readers feel certain things

Figures of Speech- Suggest meaning or effects that go beyond the literal meaning of a word phrase

simile- The comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as