Different types of writing Flashcards

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illustrated narratives

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are based on a story, and use visual clues to tell that story. The narrative is usually represented with characters or some sort of action within the artwork

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comics

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a comedian, especially a professional one.

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graphic novels

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a novel in comic-strip format.

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3 reasons why illustrated novels are important

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helps kids with learning disabilities, inspires creativity

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poetry

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literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm

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stanza

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a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem

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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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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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tercet

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a set or group of three lines of verse rhyming together or connected by rhyme with an adjacent tercet.

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quatrain

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

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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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free verse

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poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.

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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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ballad

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a slow sentimental or romantic song.

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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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limerick

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a humorous, frequently bawdy, verse of three long and two short lines rhyming aabba,

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elegy

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

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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.

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memoir

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a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources

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biography

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

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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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anthology

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a published collection of poems or other pieces of writing.

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short book

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At around 10 to 25 pages, that makes short stories much shorter than novels, with only a few approaching novella length.

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personal essay

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A personal essay is a short work of autobiographical nonfiction characterized by a sense of intimacy and a conversational manner.

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non-fiction

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writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history.

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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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expository

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intended to explain or describe something.

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persuasive

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good at persuading someone to do or believe something through reasoning or the use of temptation.

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description

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a spoken or written representation or account of a person, object, or event.

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narrative

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a spoken or written account of connected events; a story.

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speeches

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the expression of or the ability to express thoughts and feelings by articulate sounds.

33
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4 examples

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manuscript, memorized, extemporaneous, and impromptu

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creative writing

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typically fiction or poetry, which displays imagination or invention