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| A type of genre about invented people, places, or events |
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| Focuses on a small number of events or just one event. Such as folktales, legends, myths, and fables |
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| The time and place of the action in fiction; includes the customs, values, and beliefs of a time or place |
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| The opponent of the main character |
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| The individuals in a fictional work, such as people, aniamls, robots, or whatever the author chooses |
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| The methods the author uses to develop a character |
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| The author makes direct statements about a character |
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| Indirect Characterization |
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| The autor reveals a character through what other characters say and think about the character and/or through character's actions |
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| Gives the story's final outcome |
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| Sequence of events in a fictional work |
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| What the plot is centered around; a struggle between people, ideas, or forces |
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| The standpoint form which a story is told; the narrator tells the story first-person / third-person |
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| The central message or lesson about life in a work of fiction |
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| The written conversation between characters ina story, revealing their personalities and what they are thinking & feeling |
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| Beginning of the story that includes the setting and introduction of characters |
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| Point of greatest interest or surprise in the story |
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| Type of speech or writing, usually nonfiction, that tries to convince audience members to think or act in a certain way |
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The message, controlling idea of an essay
Usually a single sentence that appears in the introduction |
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| Support of the thesis statement such as examples, facts, and expert opinions |
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The people the writer or speaker is wanting to appeal or speak to..
The writer |
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Clear Structure.
Logical thinking.
Uses Evidence which is reasonable & makes sense. |
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When Logic breaks down
"Every time I sit in the green chair, my team misses the shot, therefore I cannot sit in the green chair during a game."
Missing facts, has incorrect facts, or has unrelated facts |
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| Specific - to - General Logic |
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| Logical structure of specific facts that lead gto a general conclusion |
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| General - to - Specific Logic |
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Logical structure of general facts becoming more specific, leading to a specific conclusion
EX: A crime scene leads to a criminal |
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| A reason put forward in support of or in opposition to a point of view |
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| Tries to convince the reader that one event or action causes another event or action |
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Comparing two things, based on one or more elements that they share
(argument by anology) |
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Flaws or weaknesses in an argument's logic or reasoning
Rhetorical Fallacies indicate that a riter's argument may be invalid |
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| An overstatement that stretches beyond the truth |
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| Applying Broad Generalizations, which are often untrue, to an individual without regard for individual differences |
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| Stories that are meant to be preformed by actors on a stage or in front of movie or TV cameras |
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Printed Version of a drama
A movie script = Screenplay
A TV script = Teleplay |
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Actors in the play
DYNAMIC CHARACRTER = changes during the play
STATIC CHARACTER = remains the same throughout the play |
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| The lines spoken by the charactrer |
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| Words, often in italics and enclosed within [brackets] that describe the characters and setting of the drama |
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| Small parts of the Drama or play (such as chapters in a book) |
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| GENRE: Informational Text |
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Nonfiction writing that presents facts & information--
It can tell you the latest news, ho to make / do something, facts you need for schoolwork, and real stories about people and places. |
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| The pattern writers use to organize their work |
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| Descriptive writing that helps the reader see something the way the the author does |
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Graphics that help you find information easily
EX: >,:,; |
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images that help you understand information
Graphs, Charts, Maps, Pictures |
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Appear below the main body of the text and explain or reference something in the text
PS. this is a footnote |
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| Title, Subheadings, & Boldfaced terms |
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| Appear in LARGER or darker text or is underlined, to introduce text or reference something in it |
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| VIP! Words such as principal, Central, and important that point to the article's most significant ideas and information |
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| Text structure that shows the relationship between outcomes (effects) and their causes |
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| Text structure that looks at how 2 or more things are similiar and how they are different |
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| Text structures that present an issue then offers a way to solve it |
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| A kind of riting that uses not only words but also form, patterns of sound, imagery, and figurative language to convey its meassage |
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A poem's form or appearance
Lines
Stanzas - (like paragraphs) |
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Created by the poet's use of words and phrases that appeal to readers senses
Sight
Sound
Smell
Touch
Taste |
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Poem's pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
Like a Drum beat. |
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Words or phrases that imitate or suggest the sound they describe
zoom
purr
zip
pow |
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Describes one thing as if it was another
She is a bear |
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| describes one thing as if it was another but uses LIKE or AS |
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Refer to giving something human form or characteristics
could be an idea, object, animal or object. |
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A regular pattern of stressed syllables
There was once a boy
from Caloy
who lived in a house full of toys |
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A poem's pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
The flow of the words. |
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The pattern forrmed by a poem's end rhyme
...cat ....bat ....sat
...fall ....wall ....stall |
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the repetition of beginning sounds in words
Doubtful
Danny
Did not
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an Expression that means something different from the literal meanings of the words that make up the expression
"It's raining cats and dogs."
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"It's raining really hard." |
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A figure of speech that uses EXAGGERATION to express strong emotion to make a point or to be humorous
"That horse is faster than a speeding bullet!" |
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