Vocab 1
name for "category (often in literature, movies or other arts)"
genre
"words that are used to mean something other than their dictionary definitions"
figurative language
Marta Salinas wrote this personal narrative
The Scholarship Jacket
The beginning of a piece of writing
lead, hook or introduction
narrator
"something (e.g., an image, object, letter, or sign) that stands for something else (e.g., an idea or relationship)"
symbol
"a description that appeals to one of the five senses of sight, smell, sound, touch, or hearing"
sensory details
Walter Dean Myers wrote this personal narrative
The ending of a piece of writing
A story detailing a narrator's an incident, response and reflection
personal narrative
"1. (noun) a result or change caused by something; 2. (verb) to bring about, to cause to happen"
effect
"1. (noun) a story, the art of telling a story; 2. (adjective) telling a story"
narrative
Imma Achilike wrote this personal narrative
Why Couldn't I Have Been Named Ashley?
Some writers choose to show the reader a key event, using dialogue between characters. Reaction? Action?Dialogue?
Dialogue
"The clear and orderly presentation of ideas in a paragraph or essay"
coherence
"the implied meaning or feeling of a word"
connotation
"an ancient story told by a cultural or religious group to explain how the world works"
myth
Nikki Giovanni wrote this poem
Choices
Some writers choose to open a narrative with the main character doing something; this type of lead puts the reader right in the middle of the action. Reaction? Action? Dialogue?
Action
the ability of a paragraph to make sense from sentence to sentence
internal coherence
"the dictionary definition of a word"
denotation
"the traditional myths and story of a culture, a culture's collective stories, customs, and beliefs"
folklore
Robert Frost wrote this poem
The Road Not Taken
Some writers choose to open a narrative with a character thinking about or reflecting on the event. Reaction? Action or Dialogue?
Reaction
the way a whole text makes sense from paragraph to paragraph; how a text makes sense in relation to other texts and the world
external coherence