Genres
What is a genre?
Categories of different types of literary work.
Main idea means?
Most important idea of the whole text
What is the difference between fiction and non fiction?
Fiction is fake. Non fiction is true.
What is the structural pattern of fiction?
Exposition, Falling Action, Rising Action, Climax, Resolution/Denouement
Spatial Order
above/across/below/behind/here
What are the 6 genres of fiction?
Fantasy, Realistic Fiction, Mystery, Traditional Literature, Historical Fiction, and Science Fiction
What are key details?
Important ideas in the text that help explain, support, or prove the main idea.
Qualities of non fiction include:
Logic, Unity and Coherence.
What is the structural pattern of nonfiction?
Introduction, body and conclusion.
Chronological Order
first/next/before/at last/finally
Informational, Biography, Autobiography
What is the point of view in a story?
The way an author or narrator presents the story. Could be 1st or 3rd person point of view.
What are two types of essays?
Personal and Formal
Another word for Denouement is?
Resolution
Compare and Contrast
however/like/although
What is an essay?
Short piece of writing that examines a single topic.
Qualities of fiction include:
Creative elements, made-up plot, logical, plot structure, dynamic characters, characterization, setting
Difference between a biography and autobiography?
Biography is an account of someone's life written by someone else.
Autobiography a person's account of their own life.
Exposition also means?
Beginning
Order of importance
importantly/mainly/beginning with
What is a speech?
Like an essay, but delivered orally
To entertain. To teach a lesson.
What is the purpose of Non-fiction?
Persuade
Inform
Entertain
Structural pattern of fiction is also called the_____?
Plot Diagram
Cause and Effect
effects/causes/for this reason