| A | B |
|---|
| Author's Perspective | is based on the writer's beliefs and background |
| Generalization | a broad statement that is based on many examples |
| Fact | is something that ACTUALLY happened or can be proved |
| Opinion | is a person's judgment or belief and can't be proved |
| Clue words for OPINIONS | best, worst, most, least, I think |
| Fiction | writing that tells about imaginary people and events |
| Nonfiction | writing that tells about real people and events |
| Examples of Fiction | short stories, novels, and folk tales |
| Examples of Nonfiction | biographies and news articles |
| Predictions | logical guesses about what will happen next in a story |
| Conflict | the story's central PROBLEM |
| Rising Action | events that INCREASE TENSION about the conflict |
| Climax | point of "greatest" TENSION in the story |
| Falling Action | events that FOLLOW the climax and reduce tension |
| Resolution | the final OUTCOME of the story |
| Exposition | the INTRODUCTION of characters, setting and basic situation |
| Point of View | the perspective from which a story is told. |
| 1st person point of view | Uses pronouns like, I, me, we |
| 3rd person point of view | a narrator "outside" the action tells the story. |
