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| SQ3R | survey, question, read, recite, review |
| Historical Narrative | a story that tells about something that really happened - also include fictional elements |
| Eyewitness account | a person tells what he or she saw without adding his or her ideas or thoughts and feelings about the event |
| Short story | a work of fiction that can generally be read in one sitting and focuses on one or two main characters |
| essay | a short nonfiction work that deals with one subject (formal and informal) |
| diary entry | an entry into a personal, day-to-day account of a writer's experience |
| analogy | comparison of two things that are alike in certain respects |
| hoax | an act intended to trick; dupe |
| frame story | a story within a story |
| foreshadow | hint at, give clues to |
| interior monologue | a dramatic sketch performed by one actor |
| couplet | two lines of verse with similar end rhymes |
| rhythm | pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry |
| eulogy | formal, dignified speech or writing, highly praising a person or a thing |
| theatrical conventions | stage directions |
| legend | a story handed down from the past about a specific person - usually have some basis in historical fact |
| tabloid article | digest or a summary |
| testimonials | well-known people or satisfied customers stand behind, or endorse, products |
| loaded language | appealing to your emotions instead of your logic...writers use words that strike either a positive or negative emotional chord |
| antecedents | noun to which a pronoun refers |
| indefinite pronouns | do not refer to a particular person or thing - some are singular, some are plural, and some can be either |
| bandwagon approach | appeals to your desire to fit in with your peers...suggests that everyone else is using the product, and you'd be left out if you don't join the crowd |
| plain folks | associates the speaker with everyday people...the speaker is "one of them" |
| Haiku | a form of Japanese poetry - 5, 7, 5 |
| analysis | process of breaking something down into its literary elements |
