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writing terminology
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English
10th Grade
12/02/2012

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unity
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arrangement of parts into a whle; singleness of purpose; continuity
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Plan/Planning
Definition
a systematic arrangement of important parts; a systematic way of developing and arranging ideas
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Draft/Drafting
Definition
beginning step to put one's ideas into sentences and paragraphs(rough draft)
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Revise/Revising/Revision
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refining compositon(writing) to make each sentence as concise and accurate as possible as well as correcting errors in mechanics(capitalization and punctuation);rewriting and correcting drafts to umprove their quality
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Edit/Editing
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checking compositons(writing) for errors in grammer, mechanics, and spelling; to make written material suitable for presentation by correcting or midifying it
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Publish/Publishing
Definition
preparing printed material for publication or distribution
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Narrative mode/Narration
Definition
a typed of writing that tells or relates events(relates what occurs)
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Informative/Informational mode
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a typed of writing tha provides new information
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Expository mode/Expositon
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a type of writing that gives information about or explains a subject
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Persuasive mode/Persuasion
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a tye of writing that attempts to induce someone to undertake a course of action or adopt a particular point of view(persuade)
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Position Paper
Definition
a compostition that takes a single position(viewpoint,opinion) on a topic and develops ideas supporting that postition
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Response to Literature
Definition
a compostiton that gives a written reaction to a particular liteary stimulus
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Rubric
Definition
an authoritative set of direction, especially for a written compostion(may also be called a writer's checklist)
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Precis'
Definition
a concise summary of a text
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Summary
Definition
presentation of the substance(most important ideas)of a text in a more concise or condensed form
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Character/Characterzation
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the combination of qulailties or features that distinguishes one person,group, or thing from another;charactrization refers to the personality of the fictional character as well as to the methods by which a writer creates that personality
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Setting
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the time and place of the action of the story
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Plot
Definition
the sequence of events or main story in a narrative or drama
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Conflict
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the struggle betwwen the opposing forces;the probelem to be resolved
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Theme
Definition
the central or conrolling idea of a work of literature, usually implied;often expressed as a general statement about life
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Mood
Definition
a prevailing atmosphere or feeling an author creates in the reader
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Tone
Definition
an author's attitude toward the audience or the work as expressed in thw work
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Point of view
Definition
the vantage point or perspective from which a work is told
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Atmosphere
Definition
the prevailing tone or mood of a literary work, often but not always determine by setting, the emotional aura which the wok bears and which establishes the reader's expectations and atitudes
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Foreshadowing
Definition
hints of future events the keep the reader's interest
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Flashback
Definition
a lierary device in which an earlier event i inserted into the normal chronological order or a narrative
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Soliloquy
Definition
a dramatic form in which a character usually alone on stage talks to himself or herself to reveal his or her thought without addessing a listiner
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Dramatic Irony
Definition
occurs when the reading audience is aware of something that hte character in the work doe not know
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Persona
Definition
a voice or character representing the speaker in a liteary work;an assumed role that tells a story
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Hyperbole
Definition
a figure of speech the expresses an extreme or fanciful exaggeration
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Metaphor
Definition
a figure of speech that expresses an implied comparison of two basically dissimilar perosons or things
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Simile
Definition
a figure of speech that compares two umlike thing usually using th words like or as to state the comparison
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Personification
Definition
a figure of speech that gives lifelike qualities to a nonliving thing,idea, or quality
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Paradox
Definition
a seemingly contradictory statement tha t may acutually express truth
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Oxymoron
Definition
a figure of speech that fuses two contradictory or opposing ideas
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Idiom
Definition
a speech form or an expression of a language that is peculiar to itself grammatically or cannot be understood from the indidual meaning of its elements
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Symbol/Symbolism
Definition
the use of a person,place,object,place,or idea to represent itself and somehting beyond itself at the same time
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Image/Imagery
Definition
Descriptive language used in literature to re-create sensory experiences;usually appeals to one of the five senses;may also ve called (sensory details)
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Irony
Definition
General term applied to literary techniques that involve surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictoions; situational irony applies when the totally unexpected or almost unbelievable occurs
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Allusion
Definition
An instance or indirect reference to something the reader is expected to understand without Explanation
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Author's Intent/Author's Purpose
Definition
the writer's reason for writing the selection'states what the writer hoped to accomplish by writin thw work;often stated as to (persuade, to inform, to tell a story, to describe)
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Alliteration
Definition
Repetition of initial consonat sounds
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Assonance
Definition
Repetion of vowel sounds
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Onomatopoeia
Definition
The use of words that imitate the sound(buzz,snap,crackle,pop)
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Rhyme/End Rhyme/ Internal rhyme
Definition
repetition of the same or imilar words at the ends of lines of poetry or repetiton of a sound in the line with similar sound at the end of the line
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Rhythm
Definition
the rise and fall of stressed and unstessed syllables
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Repetition
Definition
the act or process or instance or repeating or being repeated
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