lesson 1 Flashcards
What is an autobiography?
A story written by herself.
What is a biography?
A story written by another person.
What is a journal?
A day-to-day account intended to document life events.
What is a diary?
Involves secrets; a letter written as a message addressed to a certain person or organization.
What is a memoir?
A personal account of a person which ties them to something.
What is literary journalism?
Writing in magazines or newspapers that cannot be easily forgotten.
What is a reflection essay?
An essay that narrates the author’s personal view and experiences.
What is a testimonio?
An essay where the author witnesses events.
What is a travelogue?
A personal account during travel.
What is the pre-writing stage?
The stage in which ideas are generated and formulated.
What is the during writing stage?
The stage where all brainstormed ideas are put together.
What is the post writing stage?
The stage where the draft is carefully checked.
What is revision?
The process of holding, dropping, or adding content.
What is editing?
Clarifying the meaning of each word and line.
What are literary genres?
Categories of literary composition such as epic, tragedy, comedy, and creative nonfiction.
What are literary conventions?
Defining features of a particular genre, such as novel or short story.
What is narrative writing?
Prose account of a sequence of fictional or nonfictional events.
What are characters in writing?
The voices of those who are primarily concerned.
What is an image in literature?
Something that will appear to human senses.
What is plot?
The structure of the story, considering the flow of events and actions.
What are symbols in literature?
Images that have certain meanings.
What is a theme?
Concerning the nature and complexities of human life.
What are settings in a story?
Situations, actions, and circumstances that transpire in a certain time and location.
What is point of view?
How the actions and senses are told and reported to the readers.
What is poetry?
A traditional genre of literature.
What are the conventions of poetry?
Structures such as stanzas, which are series of lines grouped together and separated by an empty line.
What is form in poetry?
May not have a specific number of lines.
What is sound pattern in poetry?
Includes rhythm, which is the repetition of similar sounds.
What is rhythm and meter?
The rhythm pattern of stresses and lines.
What is meaning in poetry?
Concreteness and particularity with particular things being concrete.
What are denotation and connotation?
Denotation refers to dictionary meaning; connotation involves the expressions a word takes.
What is drama?
A specific mode of creative nonfiction represented in a play.
What are the conventions of drama?
Includes setting, which is the physical and psychological environment.
What is dramatic personae?
Individuals involved in the context of the story.
What is dialogue?
Lines and discourse delivered in the play.
What are plots in drama?
Sequences of related scenes.
What is a theme in drama?
The central message or insights.
What is creative nonfiction?
Presenting factual information.
What is an autobiography?
A written account about oneself.
What is a biography?
A written account or story about another person.
What is a personal narrative?
An account of what happened in a particular event.
What is a travelogue?
A person’s experience while traveling to a place.
What is a reflective essay?
An analysis of what we can learn.
What is a true narrative?
A real-life situation and events.
What is a blog or weblog?
A platform that changes regularly, often containing testimonials from witnesses.
