different types of writing Flashcards
illustrated narratives
based on a story, and use visual clues to tell that story.
comics
a comedian, especially a professional one
Graphic novels
a novel in comic-strip format.
3 reasons why illustrated novels are important
- Helps Kids with Learning Disabilities.
- Improves Visual Literacy and Vocabulary.
3.Enhances Social & Emotional Learning.
poetry
literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm.
Stanza
a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.
Rhyme Scheme
the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.
Couplet
two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.
Tercet
a set or group of three lines of verse rhyming together or connected by rhyme with an adjacent tercet.
Quatrain
a stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes.
Haiku
a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world.
Free verse
poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.
Sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Ballad
a slow sentimental or romantic song.
Acrostic
a poem, word puzzle, or other composition in which certain letters in each line form a word or words.
Limerick
a humorous, frequently bawdy, verse of three long and two short lines rhyming aabba, popularized by Edward Lear.
Elegy
a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.
Ode
a lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner and written in varied or irregular meter.
Memoir
a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources.
Biography
an account of someone’s life written by someone else.
Autobiography
an account of a person’s life written by that person.
3 types memoirs
In general, there are three forms of memoirs: an anthology of life stories, a short book, and a personal essay
Anthology
a published collection of poems or other pieces of writing.
Short Book
At around 10 to 25 pages, that makes short stories much shorter than novels, with only a few approaching novella length. A piece of fiction shorter than 1,000 words is considered a “short short story” or “flash fiction,” and anything less than 300 words is rightfully called “microfiction.”
Personal essay
A personal essay is a short work of autobiographical nonfiction characterized by a sense of intimacy and a conversational manner. Also called a personal statement. A type of creative nonfiction, the personal essay is ‘all over the map,’ according to Annie Dillard.
non-fiction
prose writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history.
4 types of non-fiction writing
There are many different types of nonfiction, but they broadly fit into these categories: expository nonfiction, narrative nonfiction, persuasive nonfiction, and descriptive nonfiction.
expository
intended to explain or describe something
persuasive
good at persuading someone to do or believe something through reasoning or the use of temptation.
description
a spoken or written representation or account of a person, object, or event.
narrative
a spoken or written account of connected events; a story.
speeches
the expression of or the ability to express thoughts and feelings by articulate sounds.
4 examples of speeches
The four basic types of speeches are: to inform, to instruct, to entertain, and to persuade. These are not mutually exclusive of one another.
creative writing
Creative writing is an expressive form of literature; one which demands you to use your own creativity, imagination and story to portray a particular message, emotion, or plot. It defies the traditional bounds of other forms of writing and is completely subjective to our own preferences and experiences.
