GENRES OF LITERATURE Flashcards
Uses language to evoke emotions, convey ideas, and paint vivid descriptions
Poetry
It is a single line of poetry
Verse
It is made up of many lines.
Stanza
Refers to shared sound of words
Rhyme
Patter of Unstressed and stressed syllables
Meter
It tells a story, idea, or information in sentences and paragraphs
Prose
What are the structural elements in prose?
- Characters
- Setting
- Point of View
- Plot
- Mood
- Theme
These are the humans or animals that interact in a story
Characters
Time and place where a story takes place
Setting
Perspective from which the story is told
Point of View
Refers to sequence of events in a story
Plot
Feeling or atmosphere a story conveys based
Mood
Central idea of the story
Theme
Tells a story in prose or in verse
Drama
What are the structural elements in drama
- Setting
- Stage Directions
- Dialogue
- Characters