GNED 15 - LESSON 1 AND 2 Flashcards
It comes from the Latin word “littera”
LITERATURE
The word “littera” means _____
LETTER
It is a collection of texts or works of art
LITERATURE
According to ______, Literature is “a performance in words.”
ROBERT FROST
It is also a term used to describe written or spoken material.
LITERATURE
According to _____ of University of Sto. Tomas, Literature is “life which presents human experience”
ARSENIA TAN
It existed because there are people who wanted to express their feelings, emotions and experiences in writing.
LITERATURE
Literature is a powerful ____
STRESS RELIEVER
Literature fuels ____
IMAGINATION
Reading _____ improves concentration and focus
LITERATURE
Reading literature keeps the brain _____ and ____
ACTIVE AND HEALTHY
Literature expands a person’s ____
VOCABULARY
Reading _____ improves a person’s writing skills
LITERATURE
What are the steps for reading literature?
PRE-VIEWING, HIGHLIGHTING, ANNOTATING
To skim through the content and identify clues before you tackle the main body of the text
PRE-VIEWING
to draw attention to important information in a text.
HIGHLIGHTING
a deliberate interaction with a text with the aim of helping the reader to understand it more fully
ANNOTATING
It uses lines and stanzas
POEM
It is a composition usually written in verse. Rely heavily on imagery, precise word choice and metaphor.
POEM
they may take the form of measures consisting of patterns.
POEM
they may or may not utilize rhyme (free writing/free verse).
POEM
What are the elements of poetry?
RHYME, RHYTHM, METER, REPETITION, ONOMATOPOEIA
The regular recurrence of similar sounds usually at the end of lines
RHYME
like the beat in music, is the recurrence of pattern of sound
RHYTHM
Meter comes from the Greek word ____
METRON
Metron means to _____
MEASURE
It is the measure with which we count the beat of rhythm
METER
indicate the number of measures or feet per line
DIMETER, TRIMESTER, TETRAMETER, AND PENTAMETER
suggest that the rhythm rises from one or two unstressed syllables to a stressed syllable in a foot
IAMBIC AND ANAPESTIC
indicate a falling rhythm, that is, from a stressed syllable to one or two unstressed syllables
TROCHAIC AND DACTYLIC
repeated use of a sound, word, phrase, sentence, rhythmical pattern or grammatical pattern
REPETITION
Different kinds of repetition
ALLITERATION, CONSONANCE, ASSONANCE, PARALLELISM
repetition of initial consonant sounds
ALLITERATION
repetition of internal consonant sounds
CONSONANCE
repetition of vowel sounds
ASSONANCE
repetition of grammatical patterns
PARALLELISM
refers to words that sound like what they mean.
ONOMATOPOEIA
What are the kinds of poetry?
NARRATIVE, LYRIC, HAIKU
What are the types of narrative poetry?
EPIC, BALLAD, METRICAL TALE, METRICAL ROMANCE
retells a narrative life and works of a heroic or mythological person or group of persons.
EPIC
oldest form of literature since its known to be along the ancient history
EPIC
songlike poem that tells a story dealing with adventure or romance
BALLAD
employs repetition of a refrain
BALLAD
it relates to real or imaginary events in simple, straightforward language, from a wide range of subjects, characters, life experience, and emotional situations
METRICAL TALE
long narrative poem that presents remote or imaginative incidents rather than ordinary, realistic experience
METRICAL ROMANCE
What are the types of lyric poetry?
SONG, SONNET, ELEGY, ODE, SIMPLE LYRIC
lyric poem set to music and intended to sung
SONG
a fourteen-line lyric poem focused on a single theme
SONNET
a solemn and formal lyric poem about death. Commonly a tragic theme
ELEGY
a long, formal lyric poem with a serious theme. It often honors people, commemorates events, responds to natural scenes, or considers serious human problems
ODE
includes all lyric poems that do not fall under the four other types
SIMPLE LYRIC
Haiku originated in ___
JAPAN
It is a 700-year-old Japanese verse form. A three-line poem consists of seventeen syllables (5,7,5). Most of it deal with nature.
HAIKU
an utterance not in its literal meaning but in its implication
FIGURES OF SPEECH
Most of it became idiomatic expressions because it is widely used by many and became part of the vocabulary.
FIGURES OF SPEECH
Is a deviation from the ordinary use of words in order to increase their effectiveness
FIGURES OF SPEECH
Want are the most commonly used figures of speech?
SIMILE, METAPHOR, PERSONIFICATION, METONYMY, HYPERBOLE, IRONY, OXYMORON, APOSTROPHE
It comes from the Latin word “simile”
SIMILE
“simile” means ____
SIMILAR
It is a stated comparison between two things that are really different but share some common element.
SIMILE
it is introduced by like, as, as if, than, similar to, resemble, etc
SIMILE
Comes from the Greek word “methaphere”
METAPHOR
“methaphere” means ____
CARRY OVER
It is a suggested comparison between two unlike things without the use of as, as if, like
METAPHOR
gives human qualities or attributes to an object, an animal or an idea.
PERSONIFICATION
from the Greek prefix “meta” + root onoma, name + the noun suffix –y
METONYMY
“meta” means ____
TO CHANGE
it consists of the substitution of the literal noun for another which it suggests because it is somehow associated with it
METONYMY
It is from the Greek prefix “hyper” + the root “ballein”
HYPERBOLE
The Greek prefix “hyper” means
BEYOND
The Greek root “ballein” means
TO THROW
It is a deliberate overstatement or exaggeration – not to deceive, but to emphasize a statement – often for humorous effect
HYPERBOLE
a statement of one idea, the opposite of which is meant
IRONY
the combining of contraries to portray a particular image or to produce a striking effect
OXYMORON
a direct address to an inanimate object, a dead person, or an idea
APOSTROPHE
