Introduction to Literature

Question 1

Littera

Answer 1

letters

Question 2

Litteratura

Answer 2

writing

Question 3

Litteratus

Answer 3

learning

Question 4

How Literature Is… 1

Answer 4

render writing about life imaginatively

Question 5

How Literature Is… 2

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orients reader to beauty of order and arrangement, as in a beautifully written poem and a well-structured story

Question 6

Certain Literary Standard 1

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aesthetically satisfying

Question 7

Certain Literary Standard 2

Answer 7

intellectually stimulating

Question 8

Certain Literary Standard 3

Answer 8

spiritually uplifting

Question 9

Literature is a form of communication.

Answer 9

share a portion of ourselves which may be interesting and benefiting to others.

Question 10

Literature is an art.

Answer 10

takes an excellent form, deliberate manifestation of mind’s ability to create and imagine.

Question 11

Literature has the nobility of thoughts.

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highlight ideas of importance and significance.

Question 12

Literature is timeless.

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should not wane and dissipate as time passes by.

Question 13

Literature is universal.

Answer 13

global applicability that transcends across space.

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Literature serves a purpose.

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learn more about individuals, society, and culture. help people refresh and change themselves.

Question 15

Poetry

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language chosen and arranged for its meaning, sound, and rhythm.

Question 16

Lyric Poetry

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deals with emotions or feelings, “spontaneous flow of emotion” william wordsworth, ex. sonnet, song, elegy, ode, and simple lyric

Question 17

Narrative Poetry

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story-telling verse, narrate stories, ex. ballads, metrical tale, metrical romance, and epic

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Dramatic Poetry

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everything is conveyed through words of a single speaker, has 2 types

Question 19

Dramatic Monologue

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speaker converses with a silent listener during crisis

Question 20

Soliloquy

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speaker recites in long verse to the audience

Question 21

Prose Poetry

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written in sentences but have all characteristics of poetry

Question 22

Characteristics of Poetry

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vivid imagery, poetic meter, heightened emotion, language play

Question 23

Prose

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uses a natural form of expression, patterns of everyday speech language resemblance

Question 24

Fiction

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form of narrative telling imaginative characters and events, ex. short story and novel

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Non-Fiction

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prose writing based on real people and events, ex. essay, biography, memoir, etc.

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Drama

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in verse or prose telling story through action and dialogue for theatrical performances

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Dialogue

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lines spoken by characters

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Plot and Action

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interaction of characters

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Tragedy

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deals with serious subjects, involves significant persons, nobility of human condition

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Comedy

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with humor and typically a happy ending, folly portraying human beings as selfish, hypocritical, vain, weak, and irrational

Question 31

Literature centers LIFE.

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a she, significant human experiences