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Poetry Terms
Public Review
Non-Fiction Terms
Drama
Structure
100
category of literature that uses imaginative language selected and arranged to get a specific emotional response; using sound and rhythm to show an experience.
Poetry
100
opinion writing about the positive merits or negative qualities of music (album, CD, live performance, etc.)
Music Review
100
A written account of a person's life which is not written by the subject.
Biography
100
major division of a play
Act
100
Gives background information, establishes tone (scary, funny), setting, and introduces characters
Introduction
200
the repetition of sounds in a series of words: W alking in a w inter w onderland
Alliteration
200
opinion writing about the positive merits or negative qualities of food and service.
Restaurant Review
200
organized writing in paragraph form which has an introduction, body ideas, and conclusion
Essay
200
smaller division of an act
Scene
200
Conflict is introduced to create plot complications and tensions to which characters react
Rising Action
300
a poetic device in which two words of opposite meaning are brought together: "exact estimate," "definite maybe," " instant classic," "new tradition," " modern history," "jumbo shrimp," "pretty awful," "working vacation," "plastic glasses," "virtual reality"
Oxymoron
300
a printed report giving news or information of interest to a special (subscribing) group
Newsletter
300
news writing which states and offers support and reasons for a personal opinion
Editorial
300
a speech delivered by one actor in imagined privacy (believes thoughts spoken aloud are secret); audience (and any character who is eavesdropping) can hear these private thoughts, which reveal true feelings or plans.
Soliloquy
300
the peak of action and emotional intensity, when the main character must make a decision and address the conflict
Climax
400
a term used to refer to verbal representations of sensory (taste, sight, touch, sound, smell) objects or sensations: "The hare limped trembling through the frozen blades of icy grass"
Imagery
400
a calculation in advance of weather conditions by analyzing meteorological data.
Weather Forecast
400
published notification of a person's death which provides name, residence, and personal information.
Obituary
400
objects used onstage (including scenery backdrops) for visual effect to create atmosphere and mood of play
Props
400
the "fallout" of the decision, and its effects on characters
Falling Action
500
a poem of 14 iambic pentameter lines (5 beats per line- unstressed / stressed) with a rhyme scheme of abab, cdcd, efef, gg
Sonnet
500
opinion writing about the positive merits or negative qualities of a movie.
Film Review
500
literary works other than fiction; based upon real-life situations and functions.
Non-Fiction
500
literary form that recreates human life and emotions; based upon a written script and living forms for stage, using dialogue and action to form a frame of events
Drama
500
the final solution or outcome, which focuses on the consequences for the main character and offers some universal statement about people (theme)
Denouement