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Gace English 520 Detailed Questions And Expert Answers
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Gace English 520 Detailed Questions AndExpert Answers
Nonfiction - ANS Writing that is factual, not creative or fictional.
Fictional - ANS imaginary
biography - ANS story of a person's life written by another person
autobiography - ANS An account of a person's life written by that person
Informational books and articles - ANS writings, such as in books and magazines,
that are meant to persuade or to provide information
Exposition - ANS book/article with a purpose to be informative and not persuade
Protagonist - ANS Main/ central character in a story
Antagonist - ANS a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or
something; an adversary.
Conflicts - ANS between protagonist and antagonist
,Climax - ANS the turning point of the story at which conflicts are resolved
Plot - ANS sequence of events during which conflicts occur as the characters and
plot move toward resolution
Characterization - ANS Can depend on dialogue, description, or the attitude(s) of
one or more characters toward one another.
Novel - ANS the longest form of fictional prose
Prose - ANS written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical
structure.
Short Story - ANS a story with a fully developed theme but significantly shorter and
less elaborate than a novel
Drama - ANS a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
Narrative Poetry - ANS Poetry that tells a story. Can have meter, rhyme, verses and
stanzas. Also, can feature fiction and nonfiction.
Meter - ANS A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of
poetry
, Epic Poetry - ANS A long narrative poem about the adventures of an almost
superhuman character
Ballad - ANS A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas
Sonnet - ANS a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme
schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Spenserian Sonnet - ANS abab bcbc cdcd ee
Limerick - ANS A five line poem in which lines 1, 2 and 5 rhyme and lines 3 and 4
rhyme.
Petrarchan Sonnet - ANS poem that has one rhyming octave (8 lines) and one
rhyming sestet (6 lines)
Haiku - ANS 3 unrhymed lines (5, 7, 5) usually focusing on nature
Cinquain - ANS a five line stanza
Allegory - ANS a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden
meaning, typically a moral or political one.
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