Fabulous Vocabulous # 5
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sharon_crawford on September 14, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 autobiography | a piece of writing written by a person about his or her own life |
| biography | story of a person's life written by another person |
| fable | A short tale often with nonhuman characters from which a useful lesson may be drawn |
| folk tale | a story passed down from person to person by word of mouth |
| historical fiction | Fictional story that makes use of real events, places or people from history |
| fairy tale | fanciful, imaginary story about a hero or heroine overcoming a problem, often involving mystical creatures, supernatural power, or magic; often a type of folktale. |
| realistic fiction | a story that is made up but it's believable and could happen |
| science fiction | combines elements of fiction and fantasy with scientific fact that is usually set in the future |
| mythology | a body of stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works |
| poetry | A kind of rhythmic, compressed language that uses figures of speech and imagery designed to appeal to our emotions and imagination. |
| tall tale | a humorous story written with characters larger than life with unbelievable events |
| first person point of view | the narrator is a character in the story and used words like I, me, we |
| second person point of view | the narrator addresses the reader directly using the pronoun "you" |
| third person point of view | The story is told by an outside narrator who is not a character in the story. |
| third person omniscient | writer is not in the story but knows and decribes all the character's thoughts and ideas |
| third person limited omniscient | the narrator is not a character in the story and reports not only what can be seen and heard, but also the thoughts and feelings of one of the characters |
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