Unit 2: Additional Literary Terms

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  1. information
    knowledge acquired through study or experience
  2. narrative
    an account that tells the particulars of an act or event
  3. biography
    an account of the series of events making up a person's life
  4. autobiography
    a book or account of your own life
  5. multimedia
    the use of many types of communication simultaneously
  6. persuasive
    intended or having the power to induce action or belief
  7. rhetorical question
    an inquiry that is not supposed to be answered
  8. reason
    an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon
  9. emotion
    any strong feeling
  10. authority
    an expert whose views are taken as definitive
  11. snapshot
    a brief look, impression, or summary of something
  12. valid
    well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force
  13. opinion
    a personal belief or judgment
  14. faulty
    having a defect
  15. bias
    a partiality preventing objective consideration of an issue
  16. organization
    a planned structure for arranging or classifying
  17. style
    a mode of expression typical of a person, group, or period
  18. plot
    the story that is told, as in a novel, play, movie, etc.
  19. theme
    a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary work
  20. perspective
    a way of regarding situations or topics
  21. outline
    a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument
  22. cultural
    relating to the shared knowledge and values of a society
  23. context
    the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation
  24. informal
    not in accord with established conventions and requirements
  25. support
    documentary validation
  26. research
    systematic investigation to establish facts
Created on Mon Feb 08 10:27:16 EST 2021 (updated Wed Mar 03 16:25:51 EST 2021)

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