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aCTIvITy 1.3
continued
opening with Imagery
Literary Terms
Setting is the time and place in which a narrative occurs. Point of view is the perspective from which a story is told.
In first-person point of view a character tells the story from his or her own perspective.
In third-person point of view a narrator (not a character) tells the story.
3. Key Ideas and Details: How does paragraph 12 clarify what the conflict is?
aCademIC voCabULary
You know the word context
from context clues to define
words. Context also refers to
the circumstances or facts that
surround a particular event or
situation. In a story or novel,
contextual information can
help you understand the time
and place as well as the situation
in the story.
my Notes
Working from the Text
4. Context can help you make meaning of unknown words in a text. Context also has a broader form: the context of a whole story or situation. What is the context created in the passage and how do the imagery and details create it?
5. The author establishes a setting and point of view in the opening of the narrative. Using evidence from the text, summarize the setting and point of view.
6. Make a prediction about the story based on the conflict created in this opening passage.
Check Your Understanding
WRITING to SOURCES Narrative Writing Prompt: Think about the opening of Chapter 6 from Madeleine L’Engle’s novel A Wrinkle in Time. What would be the
effect if it were written from a different point of view? Revise a selected section of the excerpt. Be sure to:
• Substitute third-person point of view with first-person point of view.
• Add imagery to strengthen the description of the setting.
• Add details to communicate the character’s perspective.
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