Poetry Terms
Drama Terms
NONFICTION TERMS
LITERARY TERMS
Writing Terms
100
a poem that tells a story (folk origin) and is written to be sung
What is a Ballad?
100
smaller division of an act
What is a scene?
100
organized writing in paragraph form which has an introduction, body ideas, and conclusion
What is an essay?
100
a brief narrative; includes tales, fables, parables, and anecdotes
What is a short story?
100
supporting idea that develops the thesis statement
What is main idea?
200
a regularly repeated line or phrase of poetry that recurs throughout the poem
What is Refrain?
200
major division of a play
What is an ACT?
200
news writing which states and offers support and reasons for a personal opinion
What is an Editorial?
200
time and place in which story takes place
What is setting?
200
active correction of paper errors
What is revision?
300
a group of lines of poetry arranged as a unit with breaks (spaces) between each group
What is a stanza?
300
a continuous, uninterrupted speech delivered by one character to other characters
What is a monologue?
300
personal document which lists and describes one's personal goals, education, and accomplishments
What is a resume?
300
present action is interrupted to show past events
What is flashback?
300
organizing tool for writing; place for main ideas and supporting examples
What is an outline?
400
two rhyming lines of poetry
What is a couplet?
400
the audience's willingness to accept events and situations on stage that would be highly unbelievable in real life
What is SUSPENSION of DISBELIEF?
400
a statement which introduces a book and explains it scope, purpose, or background
What is a preface?
400
a secondary situation and conflict less important than the main plot of the story
What is a subplot?
400
controlling idea around which paper will focus; specific idea to be proven or developed
What is Thesis Statement?
500
a word whose sound suggests its sense or meaning
What is onomatopoeia?
500
a speech delivered by one actor in imagined privacy
What is a soliloquy?
500
a determination as to the value or worth of something
What is evaluation?
500
giving human qualities / attributes to inanimate objects or animals or ideas, as if they can think or speak or act
What is personification?
500
Labeling specific elements in your essay with numbers or brackets
What is Keying?
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