L1 Flashcards
LITERATURE IS DERIVED FROM WHAT LATIN WORD?
LITERA
WRITTEN OR ORAL WORKS
LITERATURE
IT IS AN ORDINARY ESSAY
PROSE
LATIN WORD OF PROSE
PROSA ORATIO - STRAIGHTFORWARD
2 SUBDIVISIONS OF PROSE
FICTION AND NON FICTION
6 TYPES OF ESSAY
FORMAL, INFORMAL, CRITIQUE/CRITICAL, BIOGRAPHY, AUTOBIOGRAPHY. TRAVELOGNE
IT CAN BE EXPRESSED THROUGH MEANING SOUND AND RHYTHMIC LANGUAGE CHOICE TO EVOKE EMOTIONAL FEELINGS
POETRY
IT IS A JAPANESE POEM CONSISTS OF 3 LINES WITH 17 SYLLABLES (5-7-5)
HAIKU
14 LINES WRITTEN IN IAMBIC PENTAMETER
SONNET
5 LINES WITH 31 SYLLABLES
TANKA
3 ELEMENTS OF POETRY
a) Speaker / persona - the one who’s speaking
b) Tone - attitude towards subject
c) Rhyme scheme - repetition
BRIEF NARATIVE PROSE
SHORT STORY
LONG NARATIVE PROSE
NOVELS
deals with serious topics
FORMAL ESSAY
uses colloquial words
INFORMAL ESSAY