| A | B |
|---|
| narration | telling a story |
| description | details often using the senses |
| exposition | explaining, "how to" do something |
| persuasion | convincing someone, political ads |
| lyric poetry | poetry that is meant to be sung |
| history | a nonfiction account of events |
| Who wrote a history? | Captain John Smith |
| What town was Smith's history about | Jamestown |
| journal | an account of events, including the author's feeling |
| Who wrote a journal | Columbus |
| connotation | the feeling you get from a word |
| what are 3 connotations a word might have | negative (he is weird), neutral (he is different), positive (he is unique) |
| conceit | an usual comparison (a wife and a spinning wheel) |
| oral tradition | passing on stories by word of mouth |
| What American group used the oral tradition | Native Americans |
| constitution | the laws of a nation |
| What Native American tribe wrote a constitution | the Iroquois |
| persuasive speech | a speech used to convince the listeners |
| style | the way an author writes |
| metaphor | a comparison, but not as drastic as a conceit |
| He is a pig | an example of a metaphor |
| bias | being partial toward someone or something (a referee might be bias toward his favorite team) |
| figurative speech | speech or writing that cannot be taken word for word |
| metaphors and conceits are examples of | figurative speech, they cannot be taken literally |
| myths | traditional stories passed on to explain natural events |
