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English Literature Flashcards

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Father of literature

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Geoffrey Chaucer

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Derived from the word ______ which means letter

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Litera

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Based on the writer’s imagination

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Prose fiction

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Longest type of prose fiction

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Novel

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Shorter than a novel and usually consist of more than 30 pages

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Novella/Novelette

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Has a limited time for character development and usually consist of 3 to 25 pages

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Short story

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The shortest among the type of prose fiction consisting of more than 1,000 but less than 10,000 words

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Flash fiction

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Based on facts and evidences and is used in real life situations

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Nonfiction prose

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Tells true stories about events in a person’s life and is written by the person himself

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Personal narrative

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Are accounts of a person’s life written by someone else

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Biographical narrative

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Is a highly personal and private record of experiences thoughts and feelings of the writer

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Diary and journal entry

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A form of literature usually written in verses or lines that make up stanzas which are designed to be recited or read aloud

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Poetry

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A highly musical verses that expresses the observations and feeling of a single person

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Lyric Poem

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•A poems that tell a story
•a form of literature that combines the elements of storytelling

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Narrative poem

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A verses which is are written to be spoken usually by a character invented by the author himself

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Dramatic poem

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A long narrative poems that celebrate the adventure and achievements of a heroic figure
•Hero Story’s

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Epics

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•Are poems with 14 lines
•can communicate a various details contained within a single thought mood or feeling typically culminating in the last lines
•Talks about Love

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Sonnets

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Are songs like poems that tell a story often dealing with adventure and romance

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Ballads

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•A special type of poem from japan which consists 3 lins and 17 syllables (5-7-5)
•emphasizes simplicity intensity and directness of expression
•Talks about nature

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Haiku

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Poems that do not follow any rhythmical patterns

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Free verse

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Designed to be performed and made up of dialogue and set direction the story is presented by the actors and actresses on stage

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Drama

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Its tone is light and is intended to make the audience laugh

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Comedy

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Is a drama form in which the main character suffers a downfall

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Tragedy

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A special kind of drama that combines the features of tragedy and comedy

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Tragicomedy

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•A kind of drama in which everything is hyperbolized
•Over reacting

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Melodrama

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Represents of human being in the story

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Character

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Is the central/main character of the story the hero

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Protagonist

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Is the force working against the protagonist

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Antagonist

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•Remains the same throughout the story stereotypes
•Protagonist

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Static character

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•Developing undergoes permanent change
•Antagonist

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Dynamic character

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Does not undergo substantial change or growth in the course of a story

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Flat character

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Capable of change and evolution throughout the story

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Round character

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The time and place of the story

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Settings

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Describes the structure of the story

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Plot

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The usual flow of the story

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Chronological

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Starts from the future

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Flashback

37
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In the middle of things

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In media res

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The angle of vision the position of the narrator in telling the story

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Point of view

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The underlying message of the story which points out the significant truth about the life and human nature

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Theme

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Start your story

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Exposition

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Root of the climax

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Rising movement/action

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•Fighting etc
•exciting part

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Climax

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•Wrapping up the story
•Near the ending

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Falling action

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Ending

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Denouement

45
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Types of conflict

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1.Man vs Self
2.Man vs Man
3.Man vs Society
4.Man vs Nature
5.Man vs God

46
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Types of conflict

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1.Man vs Self
2.Man vs Man
3.Man vs Society
4.Man vs Nature
5.Man vs God

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