Literature 6 - Tuesday, 12/14 - nonfiction vocab test on humorous commentary - anecdote:
Humorous commentary: Writing that contains amusing
personal observations or opinions to help readers look at life a little less
seriously.
Analytical essay: A short nonfiction composition that breaks down a big
idea into parts. Helps the reader understand how the parts fit together and
what they mean as a whole.
Tribute: A literary expression of gratitude or admiration to honor
a special person. Describes a person’s traits.
Facts: Statements that can be proved true with reliable sources.
Can be verified.
Opinions: Beliefs or judgments. Not subject to verification.
Character traits: The qualities that make a person, or
even an animal, an individual.
Memoir: A biographical piece usually written by a relative or
personal friend of the subject. Can be one person’s recollection or based on
interviews and anecdotes of several people.
Anecdote: Brief story about an interesting, amusing, or strange
event.
Irony: Figure of speech in which the actual intent is expressed
in words which carry the opposite meaning. Lighter than sarcasm.
Dramatic Irony: A contradiction between what a character thinks and what
the audience or reader knows to be true.
Irony of situation: An event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations
of the character or the reader.
Allusion: Reference in a work of literature to person, place, or
thing in another work such as literature, music, history, painting, or
mythology. Adds meaning to the story.
Willing suspension of
disbelief: Reader voluntarily agrees
to set aside what he knows to be true and accept what is presented as reality
in the story.
Alliteration: Repetition of an initial consonant sound in two or more
words of a phrase. Consonant is picked to enhance meaning. (Huge, hooting,
howling, hissing, horrible, bellow)
Point of view: The way an author chooses to see and tell a story.
First-person
narrative: A character tells the story
referring to himself as "I" and presenting only what he knows about
events.
Inference: Reasonable conclusion one can draw from facts or evidence
given.
Caricature: The distortion or exaggeration of the peculiarities in a
character’s personality. Often for humorous effect.
