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| an account of a person's life written by that person |
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| an account of a person's life written by someone else |
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| personal feelings are expressed in the writing |
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| strictly the facts are written |
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| what all the sentences are about |
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| a minor character who does not undergo substantial change or growth in the course of the story |
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| a major character in a work of fiction who encounters conflict and is changed by it |
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| someone who undergoes an important, internal change because of the action in the plot |
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| a literary character who remains basically unchanged throughout the work |
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| a short tale narrating an interesting or amusing biographical incident |
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| a technique to generate a large number of ideas |
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| to inform the reader about the plot, character, setting and theme |
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rhetorical mode
(mode of discourse)
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describe the variety, conventions, and purposes of the major kinds of writing.
Four most common are: exposition, argumentation, description, and narration. |
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| is a persuasive writing to prove the validity of an idea, or point of view by presenting a sound reasoning, discussion, and argument that thoroughly convinces the reader |
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| to re-create, invent, or visually present a person, place, event or action so that the reader can picture that which is being described |
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a form of speech in which a lesser expression is used than what would be expected
(When asked how he feels, he looks down at his torn off limb and says, "Stings a bit.") |
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where a polite phrase is used in place of a harsher more offensive expression
(lost their lives instead of "were killed") |
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| a figure of speech that makes reference to, or representation of, a place, event, literary work, either directly or by implication |
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| is one sided, with a tendancy to interfere with the ability to be impartial, unprejudiced, or objective |
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