LITERARY TERMS

POETRY

• A literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas
• My def- A verse of emotional writing

DRAMA

• An exciting, emotional, or unexpected series of events
• A emotional happenening

FICTION

• Literature in the form of prose that describes imagery events or people
• Not real stories
• It can be true-ish

NON-fICTION

• Prose writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people
• Real events

PROSE

• Written or spoken language in its ordinary form
• A writing form not edited or anything

CLAIM

• State or assert that something is the case
• State that you know/need/have something

COUNTER CLAIM

• A claim made to reboot a previous claim
• Another claim on top of the one you just made

1ST HAND ACCOUNT

• Coming from a personal observation
• You see it yourself

2ND HAND ACCOUNT

• Not directly known
• Not seeing it directly

ARGUMENT

• An exchange or opposite views
• Not agreeing with each other and verbalizing fight

EVIDENCE

• The available body of facts indicating whether to believe or not
• Proof your claim is right

ANECDOTE

• A short amusing story about a real incident or person