Elements of a Story
Types of Writing
Steps in the Writing Process
Elements of a Ballad
Non-fiction
100
Action or series of events in a work of fiction
What is plot?
100
Any imagined and invented literary composition created to entertain and possibly instruct
What is fiction?
100
Process of correcting and improving a piece of writing
What is revision?
100
Conversation that is often used to reveal characters and to advance the plot
What is dialogue?
100
Brief written account summarizing a job applicant’s qualifications and experience
What is a resume?
200
Leading character of a literary work
What is the protagonist?
200
Writing to inform
What is expository writing?
200
First or preliminary form of any writing, subject to revision, copying, etc.
What is drafting?
200
Phrase or verse recurring at intervals in a poem or song, usually at the end of a stanza
What is a refrain?
200
Business letter written to a potential employer to accompany a resume
What is a cover letter?
300
Character or force that strives against the protagonist
What is the antagonist?
300
Long narrative about the deeds of a traditional hero that reflects the values of a particular culture
What is an epic?
300
Thinking about a writing assignment before writing any of the work; often includes brainstorming and organizing ideas
What is prewriting?
300
Group of lines in a poem, much like a paragraph in prose
What is a stanza?
300
Short literary composition on a particular theme or topic, usually in prose and generally thoughtful and interpretative
What is an essay?
400
Moment in a literary work at which the crisis comes to its point of greatest intensity and is resolved; usually the turning point in the action
What is the climax?
400
Overall unifying story within which one or more shorter stories are told
What is a frame story?
400
Production of the final form of a written work and distribution to its intended audience
What is publishing?
400
Stanza of four lines, rhymed or unrhymed
What is a quatrain?
400
Page that contains all the information about the documents referenced in a paper
What is a works cited page?
500
Time, place, environment, and surroundings of a work of fiction
What is the setting?
500
Short, song-like, narrative poem usually relating a single, dramatic event
What is a ballad?
500
Written plan showing the thesis statement, main ideas, subordinate ideas, and supporting details of a research paper or essay
What is an outline?
500
Repetition of a previous line or lines, with a slight variation that adds to or advances the story by increments
What is incremental repetition?
500
Single sentence, normally in the first paragraph of an essay or paper, that presents the main argument to the reader
What is a thesis?
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