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Lang/Arts-Shea

vocab

TermDefinition
Biographies the story of someone's life, told from the third person point of view
Autobiographies story of authors life, in first person point of view
Letter Written forms of communication from one person to another
Journals and Dairies records of daily events and the writers thoughts / feelings
Essays brief written works based on a particular subject
Information text documents from everyday life, such as instructions and newspaper article
Speeches works that are delivered orally to an audience
point of view the perspective from which a story is told
first person point of a view the perspective of a character in a story
third person point of view the perspective of a narrator outside the story
theme the message about life within a story
Characterization is the act of creating and developing a character
Genre is a division or type of literature. each major genre is, in turn, divided into lesser genres
Historical Fiction is a literary genre in which the action takes place in the past.
realistic fiction although untrue, could actually happen. some events, people, and places may even be real.
science fiction fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes
fantasy commonly uses magic and others supernatural phenomena
novels long works of fiction. a novel has a plot in which characters face a problem in a specific time and place
Short Stories Brief works of fiction with characters, setting, and plot but only one conflict
Created by: owensheafinn
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