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GREEN ROK Lit Works
ROK Literary Works Technique cards game
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| title | Books, stories and magazines include this because they can identify text, attract attention to the text, create interest, and describe the text. |
| weather report | description of current weather conditions and a forecast of the weather to come |
| fiction | A literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily fact |
| fairy tale | Fictional story - set long ago, often involving royalty; often start and end with special words like "once upon a time," or "they lived happily ever after"; good characters and evil characters; involves magic elements |
| advertisement | a public promotion of some product or service; print advertisements appear in newspapers, magazines, billboards, etc. |
| almanac | yearly publication which includes weather forecasts and miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year |
| anecdote | a short account of an incident (especially abiographical one) |
| anthology | a collection of selected literary passages |
| atlas | a collection of maps in book form |
| autobiography | the story of one’s life as written by oneself |
| biography | the story of a person's life according to another person who writes it |
| business letter | a letter dealing with business |
| caption | words beside or undera picture or illustration to explain it. |
| characteristic | a distinguishing quality; a feature; a trait |
| classification | the activity of putting things together in groups according to traits that are similar in some way |
| dictionary | a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them such as meaning and spelling |
| drama | a story creatively written with the purpose of being acted out on a stage |
| editorial | an article expressing the opinion of an editor; in a newspaper or magazine, the editor plays a powerful role, acting as a "gate-keeper," who makes decisions regarding the appropriateness of the content within newspaper stories |
| encyclopedia | a reference work (often in many volumes) containing articles with information on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) |
| essay | a moderately brief piece of writing that focuses upon a particular topic; the examination by the author of a specific subject |
| fable | a very short story to teach a lesson. Usually, about animals that talk like people. The lesson is called a moral. |
| fantasy | an impossible story in reality; may include the following - talking animals;• magical powers; • often set in a medieval universe; • possibly involving mythical beings |
| folktale | a traditional story with a moral or lesson handed down by people of a region from one generation to the next |
| foreshadow | a technique used by authors to provide clues for the reader to be able to predict what might occur later in the story |
| genre | a category of literary composition |
| historical fiction | Fictional stories centered around real historical events |
| journal | a type of diary that often includes thoughts and feelings about what is happening. It is a written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations |
| legend | a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events |
| list | writing words or phrases in a vertical fashion in order to prioritize or remember matters of importance |
| magazine | publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles gears toward specific interests |
| manual | something, such as a pamphlet, that offers basic information or instruction |
| memoir | an autobiographical writing which tries to capture meaningful moments in one's past; the memoir may be more emotional and concerned with capturing particular scenes, or a series of events |
| mystery | Story in which there is a problem or puzzle to solve with clues and suspects |
| myth | a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people |
| narrative | the telling of a plot or story that describes a sequence of fictional or non-fictional events |
| news | true information about recent and important events |
| newspaper | A daily or weekly publication of current news and topics of interest on folded sheets; expected to report the truth |
| nonfiction | true stories or books about real things |
| note | brief writings for practical purposes such as a message or a reminder quick writings for personal communication such as encouragement, a thank you , a get well, or thinking of you |
| novel | It is a long-form work, a long narrative in literary prose and is fictional |
| persuasive writing | a writer takes a position for or against an issue and writes to convince the reader to believe or do something |
| phonetic pronunciation | Symbols used to pronounce words correctly |
| play | A drama performed live by actors on the stage of a theater. A dramatic performance combines many arts—those of the author, director, actor, stage designer, and others. |
| poem | A piece of writing characterized by its compact, powerful, concrete language; it usually presents truth, emotion, or beauty through rhythmic and orderly arrangement. |
| real | capable of being treated as fact; actual; genuine |
| real event | events that actually happened |
| realistic fiction | true-to-life characters; stories take place in modern times; characters are involved in events that could happen |
| reference book | A book, such as a dictionary or encyclopedia, to which one can refer for authoritative information. |
| resource | Something that can be used for support or help |
| rhythm | The ear and the mind understand rhythm and its qualities of movement and repetition |
| Satire | Literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit. |
| Science Fiction | stories about science and technology of the future; involves partially true laws or theories of science; makes guesses about the future; setting in space, on a different world |
| Short story | a brief fictional narrative |
| Source | a primary document, as of history, literature, or religion, or secondary writings which are based on the primary sources |
| Stanza | one of the divisions of a poem, composed of two or more lines usually characterized by a common pattern of meter, rhyme, and number of lines |
| Tall tale | a story about a larger-than-life character, either fictional or based on a real person who has exaggerated adventures and performs exaggerated feats of daring, strength, courage, and/or intelligence |
| Textbook | a manual of instruction or a standard book in any branch of study |
| Thesaurus | a work that contains synonyms and sometimes antonyms, in contrast to a dictionary, which contains definitions and pronunciations |
| True story | a story that really happened |
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