ENGLISH REVIEWER (GENRES OF LITERATURE)

Question 1

Refers to creations that are written or spoken to express ideas, stories, and other universal human interests.

Answer 1

Literature

Question 2

What are the 3 divisions of literature?

Answer 2

1). Poetry
2). Prose
3). Drama

Question 3

Uses language to evoke
emotions, convey ideas, and
paint vivid descriptions.

Answer 3

Poetry

Question 4

A structural element in poetry known as the single line.

Answer 4

Verse

Question 5

Made up of many lines. It provides a way of changing the
subject or tone. It also helps create structure and flow to the ideas in the poem.

Answer 5

Stanzas

Question 6

Give all the text features of poetry.

Answer 6

1). Varied in length
2). Uses sound devices
3). Takes poetic license with space, punctuation and grammar.
4). Uses lines and stanzas

Question 7

It often refers to the shared sound of words at the end of two or more verses, which creates a poem’s rhythm.

Answer 7

Rhyme

Question 8

It is the pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables. It helps create rhythm and musicality.

Answer 8

Meter

Question 9

A type of poem where the first letter of each line spell a word, phrase, or sentence.

Answer 9

Acrostic Poem

Question 10

A traditional form of Japanese poetry where it consists of 3 lines, the first and third line has 5 syllables, then the second line has 7 syllables.

Answer 10

Haiku Poem

Question 11

A five line poem where lines 1 2 and 5 rhyme, while another rhyme consists of lines 3 and 4.

EXAMPLE:|
LINE 1 - A
LINE 2 - A
LINE 3 - B
LINE 4 - B
LINE 5 - A

Answer 11

Limerick Poem

Question 12

A line of verse containing five metric feet, each of which has:

• one stressed syllable
• one unstressed syllable

Answer 12

Iambic Pentameter

Question 13

Tells a story, idea, or
information in sentences and
paragraphs. Its language is similar to how we communicate in real life.

Answer 13

Prose

Question 14

What are the two classifications of Prose?

Answer 14

1). Fiction
2). Non-Fiction

Question 15

What are the text features of Prose?

Answer 15

1). Written using paragraphs.
2). May contain dialogue.
3). Can be either fiction or nonfiction.
4). Can have headings and/or subheadings.
5). Can be accompanied by graphics (charts, photos).

Question 16

These are the humans or animals that interact in a story.

Answer 16

Characters

Question 17

It is the time and place where a story takes place.

Answer 17

Setting

Question 18

It is the perspective from which the story is told.

Answer 18

Point of View (POV)

Question 19

This refers to the sequence of events in a story.

Answer 19

Plot

Question 20

It is the feeling or atmosphere a story conveys based on the choice of words and other elements in the story.

Answer 20

Mood

Question 21

It is the central idea or the main message of a story.

Answer 21

Theme

Question 22

Tells a story in prose or in verse (like in poetry). But unlike the two other genres, it is intentionally written to be presented on stage.

Answer 22

Drama

Question 23

What are the text features of Drama?

Answer 23

1). Can have a list of
characters.
2). Written to be
performed.
3). Written in the form of a script (dialogue).
4). Can include directions for
costuming and physically setting a stage.
5). Can have staging
directions.

Question 24

What are the forms of Drama?

Answer 24

1). Play
2). Skit
3). Musical
4). Opera
5). Monologue
6). Readers’ Theater

Question 25

They are instructions that tell the actors what to do on stage. They are usually written in italics or parentheses ().

Answer 25

Stage Directions

Question 26

It is what the characters say out loud on stage. It is either a conversation between characters or a monologue.

Answer 26

Dialogue

Question 27

Painting a mental picture through words that activate the senses.

Answer 27

Imagery

Question 28

What are the types of IMAGERY?

Answer 28

1). Visual (sight)
2). Auditory (hearing)
3). Gustatory (taste)
4). Olfactory (smell)
5). Tactile (touch)

Question 29

Words that imitate the sound they make (usually spelled on the way they sound).

Answer 29

Onomatopoeia

Question 30

Repetition of initial consonant sound in a line.

Answer 30

Alliteration