| A | B |
|---|
| nonfiction | writing that gives information |
| author's perspective | the way he or she feels things |
| tone | the author's attitude or feelings about a topic |
| writer's purpose | reason for writing |
| biography | the story of a person's life told by someone else |
| autobiography | the story of the author's life |
| letter | written message from one person to another to share information, thoughts, or feelings |
| journal or diary | written record of daily events and of the writer's thoughts and feelings |
| essay | a brief written work that gives information. |
| speech | written work meant to be spoken to an audience |
| fiction | tells a story about made up characters |
| characters | people or animals in a story |
| plot | a group of events |
| setting | a time and place |
| narrator | someone who tells the story |
| theme | a message or idea about life |
| first person point of view | narrator is part of the story and uses the word I to tell what happened |
| third person point of view | the narrator is not part of the story and uses he or she to tell what happened to others |
| novel | long story with many chapters |
| novella | shorter than a novel but longer than a short story |
| short story | brief enough to be read in one sitting |
