2B: Poetry and Drama Vocabulary

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Audience

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Who the message is intended for (text, video, movie etc.)

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Author’s craft

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The author’s intentional use of organizational patterns, text and graphic features, syntax, and diction to create an effective written work.

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Author’s purpose

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The reason the author writes a particular text (persuade, entertain, inform, explain, analyze etc.) and includes particular details, features, or devices.

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Characterization

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Direct- the author describes a character's physical appearance/personality. Indirect- revealing aspects of a character through their actions, thoughts, speech, and other characters.

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Context

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The words, sentences, or passages before or after a specific word, sentence, or passage.

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Editing

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Part of the writing process that includes correcting mechanics, grammar, and spelling of a written text.

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Dialogue

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The lines spoken between characters in fiction or a play; the main way in which plot, character, and other elements are established.

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Figurative language

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Language that can’t be taken literally, layered with meaning through the use of imagery, metaphors, similes etc.

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Genre

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The type of writing examples- poetry, expository, drama.

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Metaphor

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Figurative language comparing two unlike things without using the words like or as.