ENGLISH (GENRE OF LITERATURE)

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From Latin word ‘literratura’ of literratus’, versed in literature, culture, writings having excellence of form or expression and presenting idead of permanent or universal interest.

• The body of written works produced in a particular language, country, age.

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Literature

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Category of literary composition.

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Literary Genre

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The two major divisions of literature.

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Prose and Poetry

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A literary medium distinguished from poetry especially by its greater irregularity and variety of rhythm and its closed resemblance to the patterns of everday speech

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Prose

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writing that formulate a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience in langugae chosen and arranged to create response through its meaning, sound, and rhythm.

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Poetry

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Ballad, Metrical tale, Metrical, Romance, Epic

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A literary genre of Poetry or known as Narrative

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Elegy, Ode, Sonnet, Song

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A literary genre of Poetry or known as Lyric

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Monologue, Tragedy, Comedy, Melodrama, Farce, Character, sketch, Soliloquy

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A literary of poetry or known as Dramatic

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• Fictitious narrative compressed into one unit of time, place, and action; -
• Deals with a single character in interest
• Distinguished from a novel by its length, characters and plot.

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Short Story

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Long, diction narrative with a complicated plot. Usually made up of chapters

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Novel

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Play written in prose form

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Prose Drama

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Epic written in epic form

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Prose Epic

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A song, originally transmitted orally, tells a story

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Ballad

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Simple, straightforward story written in verse

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Metrical Tale

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Adventures, love and chivalry

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Metrical Romance

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Long narrative poem of the largest proportions. Tlae mainly about a hero concerning the beggining

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Epic

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Formal lament for the death of a particular person or group

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Elegy

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Long lyric poem with a serious subject written in an elevated style

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Ode

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Originally a love poem which dealth with the lover’s sufferings or hopes/ stanza of 14 lines and an intricate rhyme pattern

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Sonnet

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regular metrical pattern’ set to music

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Song

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Speech given by a single person to an audience

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Monologue

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Speech that one gives to oneself, talks to herself

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Soliloquy

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Kind of play where someone dies

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tragedy

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light-hearted play/ nobody dies

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Comedy

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Very stong / exaggarated emotions

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Melodrama

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Funny play about ridiculus situations and events

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Farce

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Stories or tales rooted in religion or folk beliefs of that time/ gods/ tradition narrative

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Myth

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Narrative of actions perfomed by humans sometime in histtory/ folk hero who a fact or imaginative material

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Legend

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Stories that use animals as characters

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Fable

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Stories from Bible

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Parable

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Short story about an interesting or efunny event

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Anecdote

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Short literary composition that reflects the author’s outlook or point if view

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Essay

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Life story written by oneself

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Autobiography

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Life story written by another person

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Biography

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Accounts of travels

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Travel sketch

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Critical analysis of books and other written works

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Book review

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Public address

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Speech

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Written message by an author

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Letters

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Magazine or periodical of serious or learned nature

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Journal

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Daily written account of an author

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Diary