GENRES OF LITERATURE Flashcards

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Uses language to evoke emotions, convey ideas, and paint vivid descriptions

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Poetry

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It is a single line of poetry

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Verse

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It is made up of many lines.

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Stanza

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Refers to shared sound of words

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Rhyme

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Patter of Unstressed and stressed syllables

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Meter

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It tells a story, idea, or information in sentences and paragraphs

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Prose

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What are the structural elements in prose?

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  • Characters
  • Setting
  • Point of View
  • Plot
  • Mood
  • Theme
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These are the humans or animals that interact in a story

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Characters

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Time and place where a story takes place

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Setting

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Perspective from which the story is told

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Point of View

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Refers to sequence of events in a story

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Plot

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Feeling or atmosphere a story conveys based

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Mood

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Central idea of the story

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Theme

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Tells a story in prose or in verse

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Drama

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What are the structural elements in drama

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  • Setting
  • Stage Directions
  • Dialogue
  • Characters
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16
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Instructions that tell the actors what to do on stage

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Stage Directions

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What characters say out loud on stage

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Dialogue