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Goodson ELA LT 41-60

literary terms

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Persuasive presenter reasons and examples to influence action or thought ex. commericals
Autobiography an account of someone's life written by that person ex. child _____( can't read your writing) by Dave Peltzer
Memoir a type of autobiography that focus on particularly meaningful period of events. ex. snipit of persons life
Biography an account of someone's life written by someone else. ex written about another person
Drama a story written to be performed by actors ex. Hamilton
Script written form of the drama-made up of dialogue and stage directions. ex Makes the drama
Dialogue words spoken by actor ex what he or she is saying
Stage directions tell how the actor should look, feel, move and speak ex. what he/she is doing
Acts how the drama is divided ex different sets
Scenes acts are divided in different parts ex what happens splitted
Poetry one of three major types of literature. Most poems make use of highly concise. ex type of literature
Lyric poetry a highly musical verse that expresses the observation and feeling of single speaker ex. how single speaker feels
Narrative poetry is the story told in verse ex how itis told
Rhyme Scheme pattern of rhyme in poem ex. how much wood can a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood
Free verse poetry does not follow a set pattern ex. poem written and does not have to rhyme
Stanza a grouped set of lines in a poem, looks like a paragraph
Hyperpole is a figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis of human effects. ex. when you say I'm starving when you really hungry
Idiom an expression that has meaning that is different from individual words ex. butterflies in my stomach
Imagery descriptive words and phrases that recreate sensory experience for the reader. ex. if someone talk about food when you are hungry
Inference the act of process of reaching a conclusion about something from know facts or evidence. ex. to infer someone about something
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