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Explore the intricate world of autobiographies, personal narratives written by individuals, and delve into the essence of self-reflection, identity, and life experiences shaped by various genres and literary devices.
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Autobiography • The story of a person’s life, written by that person • The famous book The Diary of Anne Frank is an autobiography.
Biography • The story of a person’s life, written by someone else • Many biographies are written about celebrities.
Flashback • A scene that is set at a time earlier than the main events of the story • In the movie Superman, Clark Kent has many flashbacks that help him recall his past.
Folklore • The traditional tales and beliefs of a people • The Jersey Devil is an example of popular folklore from our area.
Genre • A type of literature or art • Some genres that we will examine in English class are fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
Metaphor • A figure of speech in which one thing is described as if it were another • Her smile was the sun on a cloudy day.
Onomatopoeia • The use of words that imitate the sounds that they stand for • Buzz, moo, and woof are all examples of onomatopoeia.
Prose • Ordinary speech or writing that does not have a regular rhythm • The House of Dies Drear is written in prose.
Proverb • A short saying that expresses a truth or gives advice • The saying “A penny saved is a penny earned” is an example of a proverb.
Simile • A figure of speech that uses like or as to compare two things that are not alike • The Olympic runners were as fast as cheetahs.