prose Flashcards
Any writing that does not have a metrical structure and rhythmical pattern like poetry.
Composed of sentences and paragraphs instead of lines and stanzas
Prose
A story that is made up or invented by an author.
Events in the story are not real; they are products of the author’s imagination.
Fiction
Read in one sitting and strive for unity and effect.
Begins with the first sentence and has nothing in it that detracts from the writer’s design.
Aims for the truth and stress imagination, invention, creation, and originality.
Short Stories
Longer and more complex than a short story.
Over 40,000 words (novella has 17,500-39,999 words, novelette has 7,500- 17,499 words).
Characters, setting, plot, and theme are usually more developed and detailed than a short story’s.
Novels
Linear format produces a climactic plot. Contains the exposition, rising action, climax, and falling action leading to the resolution of the story.
Plot structure
Deals with real people, places, and events
Two broad categories of nonfiction: Informative nonfiction and literary nonfiction.
Nonfiction
Texts that provide factual information.
Informative nonfiction
Written like fiction, but the people, events, and places involved remain factual.
Literary nonfiction
The story of a person’s life as told by himself or herself.
Usually written in the first person point of view and covers a long period of the author’s life.
Shorter types are journals, diaries, and memoirs.
Autobiography
3 types of literary nonfiction
Autobiography
Biography
Essay
The story of a person’s life told by another person.
Both autobiographies and biographies share similar elements to that of fiction such as character, setting, and plot.
Biography
A piece of writing that centers on one topic or subject matter.
Purpose may be inform, to describe, to entertain, or to persuade the readers.
Can be informal or personal and formal.
Essay
