Just means "type of"...like "type of music" or in ELA class, "type of writng"
What is genre?
100
How characters look, dress, age, etc.
What is description?
100
The message that the entire work is communicating to the reader
What is theme?
100
Used to portray a character's heritage or culture by illustrating his matter of speaking.
What is dialect?
200
A story of someone's life written by an outside author
What is biography?
200
Mighty fine
Usually rhymes
Written in stanzas & lines
What is poetry
200
the telling of the story. Might be told by a character in the story or a third person outside of it.
What is narration?
200
Another word for theme we discussed...NOT a song from a TV show or movie.
What is "main idea"?
200
The background of a story, can be realistic or completely imaginary like a space movie.
What is setting?
300
Any long fictional story usually written in prose, not poetry
What is NOVEL?
300
Contains rhythm & rhyme; you could say hip-hop is a form of this
What is poetry
300
When the narration is by someone outside the story and they know the characters' inner thoughts & dreams.
What is third person omniscient?
300
Common to all humans despite time or place.
What are universal themes?
300
An author uses these to create character, as they show the true self in a story (OR in life), speaking louder than words.
What are actions?
400
Tells a complete story in just 500 to 15,000 words. Usually fiction
What is a short story?
400
the words that characters use in a play
What is dialogue?
400
When the narration is NOT "omniscient"; does not know everything going on in a story; often in the first person, as in a character in the story
What is limited/
400
What we do when we look at themes from different works
What is "compare & contrast?"
400
Place and general surroundings (more EXACT place) are 2 elements of setting. What is the third element, usually the FIRST mentioned?
What is "time"
500
Interpretive writing about a topic. Often these are the author making an argument or offering his opinion
What is an essay?
500
May be read as books, but meant for performance on a stage
What is drama?
500
In a story, its what we call the conversation between 2 people
What is dialogue?
500
Examples are good & evil, war & peace, the struggle for freedom, and of course- love!
What are "universal themes?"
500
Authors develop different ___________s using literary elements, words, sentences. Sometimes we know immediately who wrote something because this is so easily recognized.