Forms of Prose – Literary Terms – Flashcards
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prose
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everything we read that isn't poetry
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fiction
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a prose account that is made up rather than true - false
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nonfiction
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a prose writing that deals with real people, events, and places without changing any facts - true
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short story
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a short work of fiction in which a few characters move through a series of events (the plot)
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novel
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a piece of fiction that is more than 100 pages and contains a more complex plot
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novella
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a piece of fiction that is longer than 20 pages but shorter than one hundred pages -simply a short novel
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folk tales
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is a story with no known author that has been passed on from one generation to another by word of mouth
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biography
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the story of a real person's life - a true account told by someone other than the individual
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autobiography
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the story of a real person's life told by the person themself
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essay
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a short piece of prose that discusses a limited topic - it generally expresses or contains personal opinion or feelings
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article
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a short piece of prose that discusses a limited topic - it does not include personal opinion or feelings, rather it is written to explain, persuade, to deliver information, or even to make you laugh
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compare
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to show how items are similar
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contrast
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to show how items are different
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chronological
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the arrangement of things in the order that they happened in time
