different types of writing Flashcards

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Illustrated Narratives

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based on a story, and use visual clues to tell that story.

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comics

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a form of visual art consisting of images which are commonly combined with text, often in the form of speech balloons or image captions.

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graphic novels

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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.

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3 reasons why illustrated novels are important

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. 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

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define poetry

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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.

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define stanza

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a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme

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define rhyme scheme

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the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.

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define couplet

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two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.

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define tercet

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a unit or group of three lines of verse:

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define quatrain

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a stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes.

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define haiku

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a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world

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define free verse

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poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.
“a poem written in free verse”

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define sonnet

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a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.

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define ballad

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a slow sentimental or romantic song.
“he admitted that he preferred recording ballads to his trademark funk”
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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”

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define acrostic

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a poem, word puzzle, or other composition in which certain letters in each line form a word or words.

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define limerick

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a humorous, frequently bawdy, verse of three long and two short lines rhyming aabba, popularized by Edward Lear.

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define elegy

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a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.

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define ode

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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.

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define memoir

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a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources.
“in 1924 she published a short memoir of her husband”

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define biography

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an account of someone’s life written by someone else.

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define autobiography

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an account of a person’s life written by that person.

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3 types of memoirs

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an anthology of life stories, a short book, and a personal essay

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define anthology

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a published collection of poems or other pieces of writing.

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define short book

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A piece of fiction shorter than 1,000 words

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define personal essay

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a short work of autobiographical nonfiction characterized by a sense of intimacy and a conversational manner

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define non fiction

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prose writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history.
“high on the bestseller lists of nonfiction”

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4 types of non fiction writing

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expository nonfiction, narrative nonfiction, persuasive nonfiction, and descriptive nonfiction.

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define expository

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ntended to explain or describe something.
“formal expository prose”

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define persuasive

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good at persuading someone to do or believe something through reasoning or the use of temptation.
“an informative and persuasive speech”

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define description

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a spoken or written representation or account of a person, object, or event.
“people who had seen him were able to give a description”

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define narrative

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spoken or written account of connected events; a story.
“the hero of his modest narrative”

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define speeches

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the expression of or the ability to express thoughts and feelings by articulate sounds.
“he was born deaf and without the power of speech”

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4 examples or types of speeches

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manuscript, memorized, extemporaneous, and impromptu.