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GENRES OF LITERATURE (ENGLISH) Flashcards

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

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Literature

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What are the 3 GENRES of literature?

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  • Poetry
  • Prose
  • Drama
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The genre of literature that uses language to evoke
emotions, convey ideas, and
paint vivid descriptions.

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Poetry

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_____ is a single line of poetry.

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Verse

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____ 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.

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Stanzas

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Give all the poetry text features.

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  • Varied in length
  • Uses Sound Devices
  • Takes poetic license with space, punctuation, and grammar.
  • Uses lines and stanzas
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What are the 3 Sound devices used in Poetry?

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  • Onomatopoeia
  • Alliteration
  • Rhyme
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Often refers to the shared sound of words at the end of two or more verses, which creates a poem’s rhythm.

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Rhyme

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Words that imitate the sound they make

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Onomatopoeia

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Repetition of initial consonant sound in a line.

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Alliteration

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Paints a mental picture through words that activate the senses

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Imagery

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What are the 5 types of IMAGERY?

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  • Visual (sight)
  • Auditory (hearing)
  • Gustatory (taste)
  • Olfactory (smell)
  • Tactile (touch)
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It is the pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables. It helps create rhythm and musicality.

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Meter

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

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Prose

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What are the two classifications of Prose?

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Fiction and Nonfiction

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What are the 5 TEXT FEATURES in prose?

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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).

17
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What are the 6 Structural Elements in prose?

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  • Character
  • Setting
  • Plot
  • Point Of View (POV)
  • Mood
  • Theme
18
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These are the humans or animals that interact in a story.

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Characters

19
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It is the time and place where a story takes place.

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Setting

20
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It is the perspective from which the story is told.

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Point Of View

21
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This refers to the sequence of events in a story.

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Plot

22
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It is the feeling or atmosphere a story conveys based on the choice of words and other elements in the story.

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Mood

23
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It is the central idea or the main message of a story.

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Theme

24
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Folktale. (FICTION OR NONFICTION)

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FICTION

25
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Biography. (FICTION OR NONFICTION)

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NONFICTION

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Autobiography. (FICTION OR NONFICTION)

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NONFICTION

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Essay. (FICTION OR NONFICTION)

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NONFICTION

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Novel. (FICTION OR NONFICTION)

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FICTION

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Short Story. (FICTION OR NONFICTION)

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FICTION

30
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Novella. (FICTION OR NONFICTION)

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FICTION

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Article. (FICTION OR NONFICTION)

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NONFICTION

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Fable. (FICTION OR NONFICTION)

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FICTION

33
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Tells a story in prose or in verse. Involves actors, a script, and a stage performance?

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Drama

34
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Give the all the text features of Drama.

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  • Can have a list of characters.
  • Written to be performed.
  • Written in the form of a script.
  • Can include directions for
    costuming and physically
    setting a stage.
  • Can have staging directions.
35
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What are the 6 FORMS of Drama?

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  • Play
  • Skit
  • Musical
  • Opera
  • Monologue
  • Readers’ Theater
36
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They are instructions that tell the actors what to do on stage. They are usually written in italics or parentheses ().

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Stage Directions

37
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It is what the characters say out loud on stage. It is either a conversation between characters or a monologue.

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Dialogue

38
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What are the structural elements of Drama?

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  • Characters
  • Setting
  • Stage Directions
  • Dialogue

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