Autobiography v. Biography
Fiction v. Nonfiction
Fiction v. Nonfiction
A type of writing that deals with facts and/or real events
What is nonfiction?
A group of sentences that focuses on one topic
What is a paragraph?
"Her warm breath woke the sleeping fire; . . . . Old Mother brought small pieces of the precious wood from her store and fed the hungry flames” is an example of this.
What is personification?
Examples of this include ABAB and AAAB.
What is a rhyme scheme?
An author uses this type of characterization to tell readers about a character's personality.
What is direct?
This type of writing presents key facts of a person's life but is written by someone else.
What is a biography?
The 2nd E in S.E.E. stands for this
What is "explanation?"
This literary device involves a word mimicking the sound of the object or action it refers to.
What is onomatopoeia?
This refers to a four-lined verse or stanza.
What is a quatrain?
These letters in this word can help students remember the five different ways writers use indirect characterization to create characters.
What is STEAL?
This is the main message or idea of a story.
What is the theme?
A paragraph usually ends with this, which may explain or sum up key information.
What is a closing sentence?
This figure of speech uses language to exaggerate or emphasize a point. It's often used to make something sound much bigger and better than it actually is or to make something sound much more dramatic.
What is hyperbole?
This is the main purpose of a ballad.
What is to entertain?
Writers use indirect characterization in order to __________ different aspects of a character's personality.
What is show?
An autobiography is written from this perspective, as it contains facts about the author's own experiences.
What is the first person?
This part of a topic sentence should be specific and narrow enough to explain in one paragraph.
What is the subject?
This type of sound device is indicated by the long 'O' sound in the following passage: “Poetry is old, ancient, goes back far. It is among the oldest of living things. So old it is that no man knows how and why the first poems came.”
What is assonance?
Evolving from the 15th century onwards, ballads are usually narrative, which means that they do this.
What is tell a story?
In order to bring out the personalities of their characters, writers often use "conversations between two or more people in a book, play or film," also known as this.
What is dialogue?
This type of fiction writing usually explores one topic and can easily be read in one sitting.
What is a short story?
The focus of a topic sentence usually presents a feeling or one of these about the subject.
What is an attitude?
If a friend claims to be a real "Romeo" with the ladies, he is actually using this literary device.
What is an allusion?
In order to produce a regular rhythm, each line of a ballad often has the name number of these.
What are syllables?
This type of indirect characterization refers to the way that writers create relationships for characters in order to help readers learn more about their personalities.
What is their "effect on others?"