Vignette

Vignette

by Orlando Rodriguez

​Warm up

​You have 5 minutes to think and not more than 4 sentences about your first memorie when you were a child.

​What it is a vignette?

​The word vignette can different interpretation depending on the context of what are we referring to.

​It can mean

​a small illustration or portrait photograph which fades into its background without a definite border.

​Or

• is a short piece of writing that uses figurative, poetic language to focus on an event, place, or person.​

Vignette in literarure

​In literature, a vignette is a short passage that uses imagery to describe a subject in greater detail. Using descriptive language, a vignette helps readers visualize a character, a place, or a moment.

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Vignette is a French word that means “little vine.” It is named after the decorative vine leaves that sometimes adorned nineteenth-century books.

characteristics of a vignette

• ​Short scenes within a larger story that are usually under 1,000 words.

• ​Designed to give more visual context to a character, place, or event.

• ​Not bound to a narrative structure; rather, focuses on description.

• ​Time doesn’t pass in a vignette; it describes a moment in time.

5 minutes break​

Turn off your camera.​

Open Ended

With your own words tell me what it is a vignette?