| A | B |
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| oral interpretation | process by which a speaker performs literature aloud for an audience |
| minstrel | professional storyteller in ancient times |
| literature | prose or poetry considered to have permanent value and excellence of form |
| prose | ordinary form of written or spoken language, without rhyme or meter |
| fiction | material created in the imagination |
| nonfiction | material based on truth |
| poetry | communication of thought and feeling through the careful arrangement of words for their sound shythm and meaning |
| narrative | tells a story |
| lyric poetry | songlike poetry expressing emotions |
| universal appeal | common, recognizable experiences with which everyone can identify |
| insight | a clear understanding of the inner nature of some specific thing |
| technical quality | the way a piece of literature is put together |
| fictional speaker | the voice you hear telling the story when you read silently |
| imaginary audience | the audience to whom a fictional speaker relates a story or poem |
| setting | the time, place,environment, and surrounding circumstances of an event or story |
| pitch | the height or depth of a tone on themusical scale |
| emphasis | the prominence given to important thoughts in order to lift them above the dead level of less important thoughts |
| force | the intensity with which you speak |
| inflection | the sliding tone up or down during the sounding of syllables |
| pauses | the significant silence between thoughts |
| voice quality | the distinct characteristic that distinguishes individuality |
| punctuation | the guidance for your audience toward understanding your interpretation |
| meaning | the idea or feeling communicated in a work |
| connation | the meaning attached to a word because of one's personal experiences |
| denotation | the dictionary meaning |
