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
3 reasons why illustrated novels are important
build vocab, develop visual literacy
aid comprehension
poetry
literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas.
stanza
a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem
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 tanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes
haiku
a japanese poem of 17syllables in 3 lines of 5 7, and five traditionally evoking images of the natural world
free verse
poetry that does rhyme or have a regular meter
sonnet
a poem of 14 lines using any of a number formal rhyme schemes
short book
a piece or function shorter than 1,000 words.
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
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,
memoir
a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources
biography
an account of someones life written by another person
autobiography
an account of a persons life written by that person
3 types of memoirs
anthology of life’s stories, a short book, and a personal essay
anthology
a published collection of poems or other pieces of writing
