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Term #10: AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Term #10: AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Definition: An account of the writer’s own life. Example: Autobiographical Narrative Essay Memorization Tip: You can AUTOmatically talk about yourself which is what you do in this type of writing. Term # 11: BALLAD. Definition: a song that tells a story

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Term #10: AUTOBIOGRAPHY

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  1. Term #10: AUTOBIOGRAPHY • Definition: An account of the writer’s own life. • Example: Autobiographical Narrative Essay • Memorization Tip: You can AUTOmatically talk about yourself which is what you do in this type of writing.

  2. Term # 11: BALLAD • Definition: a song that tells a story • Example: Taylor Swift – Love Story • Memorization Tip: Think BALL – Cinderella went to a ball…Cinderella is a story. A ballad is a SONG that tells a story.

  3. Term # 12: BIOGRAPHY • Definition: An account of a person’s life written or told by another person. • Example: Oprah’s biography. • Memorization Tip: BIO = Life Someone’s life story.

  4. Language Activity #4 • Denotation: The dictionary definition of a word. Find the denotation of the following words: • Infantile • Assertive

  5. Term #13: BLANK VERSE • Definition: An unrhymed verse. • Example: Sweet pet by day, hunter by night. She sleeps, she eats, she plays. 
Better watch, she’ll pounce! My feet, caught in white paws. • Memorization Tip: Blank = nothing required

  6. 14. CHARACTER • PERSON IN A STORY, POEM, OR PLAY Example: Harry Potter • STATIC = doesn’t change, static on TV • DYNAMIC = Dynamite! Explosion! Changes! • FLAT = 1-2 traits, FLAT…NOT MUCH • ROUND = Like a REAL PERSON, has many traits Memorization Tip: Char-AcT-or-Actor is a person in a movie/story

  7. 15. CLIMAX • Definition: Moment of great emotional intensity or suspense in a plot (TURNING POINT). • Example: When Cinderella’s foot fits the glass slipper and it is revealed she is the one the prince has been looking for from the ball. Memorization Tip: CLIMB TO THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN!! (highest point in the story)

  8. Language Activity #5 • Connotation: An idea or meaning suggested by or associated with a word or thing Find the connotation following words: • Infantile • Assertive

  9. 16. COMEDY • Definition: In general, a story that ends happily. NOT NECESSARILY FUNNY. • Example: Kung Fu Panda 2 • Memorization Tip: THINK about smiling after something funny, think smiling because you’re happy… HAPPILY EVER AFTER.

  10. 17. COMIC RELIEF • Definition: Comic scene or event that breaks up a serious play or narrative. • Example: FINDING NEMO = when things get serious, Dory makes a joke to provide COMIC RELIEF  • Memorization Tip: Comedian that makes you laugh so it relieves you of stress.

  11. 18. CONFLICT • Definition: struggle or clash between opposing characters or opposing forces. • Example: Harry Potter vs. Voldemort • Memorization Tip: Conflict rhymes with convict Imagine if a convict moved in with you…how would that cause CONFLICT. He steals your toothbrush! And your cereal?!?!?!? And dates your mom!?!?!? NOOOOOO!!!

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