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flow chart. A visual way of organizing information and ideas to show relation- ships (e.g., to show the sequence of events in a short story; to describe relationships among characters in a situation comedy).
foreshadowing. A literary device in which an author provides an indication of future events in the plot.
forms of informational texts. Examples include: history book, geography text, report, essay, theatre or concert program, book review, editorial, newspaper or magazine article, television or radio script, letter (personal, business), invita- tion, manual, public sign, label, biography, autobiography, speech, résumé, personal journal, diary, brochure, reference book, encyclopaedia.
forms of literary texts. Examples include: story, short story, adventure story, detective story, myth, legend, folk tale, cumulative tale, lyric poem, dramatic poem, ballad, novel, mystery novel, historical novel, sci- ence fiction novel, soliloquy, play, script, storybook, picture book, pattern book, chapter book. See also genres.
forms of media texts. Examples include: advertisement, e-mail, film, video, DVD, clothing, athletic wear, food packaging, action figure, jewellery, newspaper, maga- zine, brochure, movie trailer, editorial, sculpture, song, dance, news report, sports program, documentary, situation comedy (sitcom), television or radio drama, nature program, interview, travelogue, television commercial, cartoon, web page, CD-ROM dictionary, interactive software, multi-` media text, blog, database.
forms of oral texts. Examples include: greeting, conversation, question, statement, exclamation, instructions, directions, poem, rhyme, song, rap, story, anecdote, announce- ment, news broadcast, interview, oral presentation, speech, recitation, debate, report, role play, drama.
forms of writing. Examples include: story or other narrative piece, anecdote, com- mentary, critical review, description, instructions or procedures, recount (per- sonal or informational), transcription of an interview, announcement, argument, position paper, essay, research report, tele- vision or radio script, editorial, speech, letter, minutes of a meeting, notes, jottings, poem, song text, dialogue, label, support- ed opinion, summary, cartoon caption, log, diary, memoir, journal, riddle, script for a commercial, advertisement, list, sur- vey, word web, chart.
free verse. Poetry written without a regu- lar metrical pattern. Free verse may be rhymed or unrhymed. A free-verse poem is based on natural rhythms of speech and free expression rather than on a predeter- mined form.
free writing. A technique that is used for developing possible content for a piece of writing and that involves recording thoughts, images, and ideas without restraint.
genres. The types or categories into which literary works are grouped. Examples include: novel, short story, essay, poetry, and drama. See also forms of literary texts.
graphic novel. A story in comic-strip form, published as a book.
graphic organizer. A visual framework (e.g., a Venn diagram, a word web, a flow chart) that helps students organize, analyse, syn- thesize, and assess information and ideas. See also under individual types of organizers.
graphophonics. The study of the relation- ships between the symbols and sounds of a language and the visual information on the page.
graphophonic cues. See cueing systems.
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