| A | B |
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| explanation | a type of writing that explains the details of the topic |
| narration | a type of writing that tells a story - it usually has a narrator - hence the word narration |
| internal rhyme | there is a rhyme within the line of poetry - "Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary..." |
| free verse | unrhymed poetry - lines can be of all different lengths |
| personal narrative | a type of writing that tells about a person's life - almost a biography |
| tall tale | a type of fictional writing that exaggerates the details - in Paul Bunyan for instance, Paul is 10 feet tall |
| honoring historical past | major theme in American literature - stories are written about American desire to honor our past and learn from it |
| disillusionment with self | major theme in American literature - stories are written about Americans who want to change themselves or their world because they are unsatisfied |
| couplet | two lines of rhymed poetry |
| blank verse | poetry written in iambic pentameter with no rhyme scheme - lines of the poem are the same length but don't rhyme |
