Flashcards: Author's Purpose
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kellisimmons on October 21, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 paraphrase | put in your own words |
| summary | beginning, middle and end of a story |
| simile | words that have same or similar meanings |
| metaphor | a figure of speech when a phrase of words do not take on the literal meaning |
| analogies | a comparison or relationship between two or more things that may otherwise not be alike |
| idiom | a figure of speech when a phrase of words do NOT take on the literal meaning |
| point of view | the perspective from which the story is told |
| narrator | the speaker who tells the story |
| first person point of view | the narrator is one of the characters in the story, uses I and/or me |
| third person omniscient point of view | narrator is NOT one of the characters, knows everything in the story |
| third person limited point of view | narrator is NOT one of the characters, tells story through the eyes of ONE character only |
| purpose | a reason for doing something |
| inform | to get information |
| influence | to persuade the reader to share his/her point of view |
| express | the purpose is to share emotions and/or feelings |
| entertain | looking for writing that is fun to read |