8th Grade RLA: Unit 02B Flashcards

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What is the intentional and deliberate use of organizational patterns, text and graphic features, sentence structures, devices, and language to create an effective written work?

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author's craft

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__________ is the method in which an author constructs a character by explicitly stating aspects of his/her personality and appearance (direct characterization) or by revealing aspects of a character through their actions, thoughts, speech, other characters, etc. (indirect characterization).

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characterization

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__________ are literary works written in a stage play format which includes dialogue and stage directions that is intended to be performed.

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drama

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__________ is a stage in the writing process when a written text is prepared for an audience by attending to and correcting mechanics, grammar, and spelling.

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editing

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Language not intended to be taken literally but layered with meaning through the use of imagery, metaphors, and other literary devices.

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figurative language

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A literary device used by an author to provide hints about future events and details that may occur later in the story.

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foreshadowing

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What are capital letters, line length, and word position in a poem also called?

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graphic elements of poetry

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The atmosphere or feeling created by the writer in a literary work or passage; it can be expressed through imagery, word choice, setting, voice, and theme.

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mood

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What is the basic sequence of events in a story that includes the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?

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plot

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A distinctive poetic structure with characteristics based on meter, lines, stanzas, and rhyme schemes such as a sonnet, blank verse, ballad, haiku, epic, lyric, etc.

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poetic form