different types of writing Flashcards
Illustrated Narratives
based on a story, and use visual clues to tell that story.
comics
a form of visual art consisting of images which are commonly combined with text, often in the form of speech balloons or image captions.
graphic novels
Graphic Novel” is a format, not a genre. Graphic novels can be fiction, non-fiction, history, fantasy, or anything in-between. Graphic novels are similar to comic books because they use sequential art to tell a story. Unlike comic books, graphic novels are generally stand-alone stories with more complex plots.
3 reasons why illustrated novels are important
. Graphic novels are fast paced and fun! · 2. Stunning art is a feast for your eyes · 3. You just might learn something! · 4. Graphic novels make you smarter
define poetry
poetry, literature that evokes a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience or a specific emotional response through language chosen and arranged for its meaning, sound, and rhythm.
define stanza
a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme
define rhyme scheme
the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.
define couplet
two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.
define tercet
a unit or group of three lines of verse:
define quatrain
a stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes.
define haiku
a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world
define free verse
poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.
“a poem written in free verse”
define sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
define ballad
.
a slow sentimental or romantic song.
“he admitted that he preferred recording ballads to his trademark funk”
2.
a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Traditional ballads are typically of unknown authorship, having been passed on orally from one generation to the next.
“a traditional Irish folk ballad”
define acrostic
a poem, word puzzle, or other composition in which certain letters in each line form a word or words.
define limerick
a humorous, frequently bawdy, verse of three long and two short lines rhyming aabba, popularized by Edward Lear.
define elegy
a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.
define 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.
a poem meant to be sung.
define memoir
a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources.
“in 1924 she published a short memoir of her husband”
define biography
an account of someone’s life written by someone else.
define autobiography
an account of a person’s life written by that person.
3 types of memoirs
an anthology of life stories, a short book, and a personal essay
define anthology
a published collection of poems or other pieces of writing.
define short book
A piece of fiction shorter than 1,000 words
define personal essay
a short work of autobiographical nonfiction characterized by a sense of intimacy and a conversational manner
define non fiction
prose writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history.
“high on the bestseller lists of nonfiction”
4 types of non fiction writing
expository nonfiction, narrative nonfiction, persuasive nonfiction, and descriptive nonfiction.
define expository
ntended to explain or describe something.
“formal expository prose”
define persuasive
good at persuading someone to do or believe something through reasoning or the use of temptation.
“an informative and persuasive speech”
define description
a spoken or written representation or account of a person, object, or event.
“people who had seen him were able to give a description”
define narrative
spoken or written account of connected events; a story.
“the hero of his modest narrative”
define speeches
the expression of or the ability to express thoughts and feelings by articulate sounds.
“he was born deaf and without the power of speech”
4 examples or types of speeches
manuscript, memorized, extemporaneous, and impromptu.
