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an exagerated sensational form of drama which is intended to appeal to the emotions of the audience. |
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| literature dealing with life in a light, humorous, or satiric manner. Human errors or problems seem funny. It turns out well for the protagonist in the end. |
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a literary work in which the hero is destroyed by some fatal flaw in his character and by forces which he cannot control. |
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| a poem in which a simple character speaks either to himself or to another character who is not present in a way which reveals much about that character. |
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| a form of low comedy which makes it appeal through the use of violent and exaggerated action. |
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| a form of literature which presents life as we would like it to be rather than how it acutally is. Usually it has a great deal of love, adventure, and excitement. |
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| a literary piece in which a serious subject is treated rediculously with mock seriousness. (comes from an Italian word meaning "jest.") |
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a trival subject is treated with an air of great importance. |
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| a picture or imitation of a person's features or mannerisms exaggerated as to be comic or absurb. |
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| an author's account or story of his/her life. |
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| an author's account or story of another person's life. |
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| a suggestion or implication. |
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choices in diction, tone, and syntax that a writer makes in order to create expression. The habitual, repeated patterns that differentiates one writer from another. |
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| the form or organization a writer uses for a literary work. Examples include parable, fable, romance, satire, farce, slapstick, etc. |
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| a reason that explains, at least partially, a character's thoughts, feelings, actions, or speech. (physical needs, wants, wishes, desires, dreams, beliefs, values, ideals.) |
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| conversation carried on by characters in a literary work. |
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| a speech delivered by a character when he is alone on stage. |
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| a statement delivered by an actor to an audience in such a way that other characters on the stage are presumed not hear what is said. |
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| writing which is not poetry, ordinary spoken or written language, not arranged in verses. |
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| an arrangement of words in l ines usually with a regularity repeated accent and often rhyme and having nobility of language. |
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| The science of correct reasoning; correctly using facts, examples, and reasons to support a point. |
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| Words which slanted for or against the subject. |
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| Incorrect logic or thinking; false arguments. |
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| Ability to create a variety of sentence structures, apporpriately complex and simple and varied in length. |
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| Sentence structures that are extraordinaryily complex and involved, often difficult for a reader to follow. |
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| Arguing from single example to generalization. |
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| Arguing by starting from a general statement called a premise and applying it to specific cases in order to reach a conclusion. |
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| Unnecessary repeating of word or synonym (At 6AM in the morning...) |
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| Unnecessary wording (at this point in time, i feel the study needs more work.) |
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| Using more or bigger words than needed-usually too many adjectives or adverbs |
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| Flat, emotionless, immature writting. (It gives me A GREAT DEAL OF PLEASURE to present to you this plaque as A TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION.) |
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| A word or phrase substitued for another because it is less offensive than the original. (I was so exasperated that i could expectorate. instead of. I was so mad, I could spit.) |
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| Language used by certain professoins or by a particular group of people. It is usually too technical and not natural. |
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| Writing that may be interpreted in more than one resulting in vagueness. |
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