Unit 2: Craft and Structure Vocabulary

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  1. nonfiction
    prose writing that is not formed by the imagination
  2. purpose
    an anticipated outcome that guides your planned actions
  3. point of view
    the perspective from which a story is told
  4. tone
    a quality that reveals the attitudes of the author
  5. informative
    serving to instruct or enlighten
  6. narrative
    an account that tells the particulars of an act or event
  7. literary
    relating to or characteristic of creative writing
  8. autobiography
    a book or account of your own life
  9. memoir
    an account of the author's personal experiences
  10. diary
    a daily written record of experiences and observations
  11. autobiographical
    relating to or in the style of an account of one's own life
  12. sketch
    short descriptive summary of events
  13. essay
    an analytic or interpretive literary composition
  14. persuasive
    intended or having the power to induce action or belief
  15. argument
    an assertion offered as evidence that something is true
  16. expository
    serving to expound or set forth
  17. reflective
    deeply or seriously thoughtful
  18. speech
    a formal spoken communication to an audience
  19. address
    a formal spoken communication to an audience
  20. talk
    a speech that is open to the public
  21. advertisement
    a public promotion of some product or service
  22. letter
    a written message addressed to a person or organization
  23. editorial
    an article giving opinions or perspectives
  24. functional
    designed for or capable of a particular use
  25. inform
    impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to
  26. persuade
    cause somebody to adopt a certain position or belief
  27. entertain
    take into consideration or have in view
  28. describe
    give an account or representation of in words
  29. connotation
    an idea that is implied or suggested
  30. anecdote
    short account of an incident
  31. fact
    a piece of information about events that have occurred
  32. figurative
    not literal
  33. example
    an item of information that is typical of a class or group
  34. quotation
    a passage or expression that is cited
  35. sentence
    a string of words satisfying grammatical rules of a language
  36. paragraph
    one of several distinct subdivisions of a text
  37. chapter
    a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
  38. section
    a self-contained part of a larger composition
  39. overall
    involving only main features
Created on Wed Feb 03 13:59:05 EST 2021 (updated Mon Jun 21 15:52:39 EDT 2021)

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