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| formal essay | an essay that is of serious and scholarly nature and is rarely found in literature books. |
| form | the way a poem looks or arranged on a page. |
| sound | words created for the listener to hear |
| lines | poetry is written in lines which may or may not be sentences |
| free verse | poems that do not have regular rhythm and sound more like conversation |
| repetition | to repeat sounds, words, phrases, or whole lines in a poem or story. |
| script | lines are written out for the characters to speak |
| cast of characters | a list of characters at the beginning of the play |
| dialogue | a conversation between characters |
| stage directions | instructions for the director, the performers, and the stage crew. They are usually printed in italics. |
| scenery | all the decorations on the stage that help create the setting. |
| props | the objects that actors need during the play |
| acts/scenes | a scene changes when the setting, (time, place) or both changes. Scenes are grouped together to make an act. |
| dialect | a form of language as it is spoken in a certain place or among a certain group of people |
| satire | a literary technique that makes fun of foolish behaviors or ideas |
| surprise ending | an unexpected twist in the plot at the end of the story |
| suspense | excitement or tension |
| description | writing that helps a reader picture the scenes, events and characters |
| structure | a pattern of organization |
| style | a particular way a piece of literature is written |
| autobiographical essay | autobiographical work that focuses on a single person or event in the writer’s life |
| character trait | consistent part of a character’s personality |
| evaluating | process of judging the worth of someone or something |
| reviewing | pausing while reading to recall previous events and to check comprehension |
| questioning | process of asking questions |
| connecting | The process of relating the content of a literary work to the readers own knowledge. |
| informative nonfiction | mainly written to provide factual information |
| literary nonfiction | writing that deals with real places and events |
| essay | a brief work of non fiction that deals with one single subject |
| informal (personal) essay | an essay that explains how the author feels about a subject |
