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LA terms 22
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| conventions | Customary practices, features, characteristics, or patterns of a text, often arising from the medium or form. |
| essay structure | Usually has 3 main parts: an introduction that introduces the basic background info to indicate the story's main conflict; a body that presents events in a clear order; a conclusion that provides a resolution and summarizes main points. |
| flashback | A technique for presenting something that happened earlier (often prior to when the reader begins the story) that helps explain something about the current situation. |
| mood | The overall feeling (e.g., light and happy or dark and brooding) created by an author's choice of words. |
| prefix | A syllable or word added to the beginning of a root word to change the meaning. |
| prior knowledge | Your background knowledge and experiences about a topic, what you already know about a topic. |
| prompt | A question or an instructions that tells you what you're supposed to write. |
| text | Any piece of spoken, written, or visual communication that may combine oral, written, or visual components. |
| tragic flaw | The character flaw or defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist (hero) in a tragedy; also known as hamartia. |
| verbal and nonverbal language features | Includes summaries, eye contact, body language, repetition, volume, etc. |
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