Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

3rd Quarter 21st Century Literature > Lesson 3 > Flashcards

Lesson 3 Flashcards

1
Q

type of art, literature, or music characterized by a
specific form, content, and style.

A

Genre

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

literature in the form of prose, especially short stories, and novels that describes imaginary events and people.

A

Fiction

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

a “slice of life” fictitious narrative.

A

Short story

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

fictitious narrative with a complicated plot

A

Novel

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Prose writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people such as biography or history.

A

Non-fiction

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

part of literary text.

A

Element

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

arrangement of and relations between the
parts or elements of something complex.

A

Structure

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

TRADITIONAL LITERARY GENRES

A

Fantasy
Fable
Fairytales
Myth
Legend

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q
  • In a place that does not exist in the
    real world
  • Events occur that could not happen in
    the real world.
  • People, animal or objects are able to do
    things they cannot do in real world.
A

Fantasy

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q
  • In the distant past or timeless place
  • Very short which usually has only 2 or 3 characters.
    -Often are animals, or things that talk
    and act like humans.
A

Fable

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

A difficult, sometimes seemingly
impossible problem to solve. Often
with magical powers, imaginary
characters such as dragons, fairies,
giants, royal characters etc. The
granting of wishes often occurs. Has
a happy ending in which good wins
over evil.

A

Fairytales

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q
  • In the recent or distant past
  • May explain how something in nature
    looks or works, or why people behave
    in certain ways. Often includes gods,
    or goddesses who interact with
    humans
A

Myth

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q
  • In the past Tells a story of a hero.
  • Maybe based on facts or real history but through retellings the hero and his deeds
    became larger than life, some facts are
    distorted.
A

Legend

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q
  • Some specific period of the past A type of realistic fiction.
  • Sometimes the story is based on actual historical events and people of the period. The
    plot reflects events or problems of the
    period.
A

Historical fiction

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Non-Fiction

A

Essay
Biography
Autobiography
Letter
Diary
Journal

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Short literary composition which is expository in nature.
The author shares his thoughts, feelings, experiences, or
observations on some aspects of life that have interested him.

A

Essay

17
Q

The true story of someone’s life written by someone else.
An account of a person’s entire life that is almost told in
chronological order (in the time order or events occurred)

A

Biography

18
Q

True story of someone’s life written by the person itself.
Contains a variety of important information about the person’s life
(in the time order or events occurred.

A

Autobiography

19
Q

A written message which displays aspects of an author’s
psychological make-up not immediately apparent in his more public
writings. It is a prose form which by the force of its style and the
importance of its statement becomes an object of interest.

A

Letter

20
Q

A daily written record account of the writer’s own experience,
thoughts, activities, or observations.

A

Diary

21
Q

new literary work created within the last decade. These were written by
contemporary authors and deal with current themes or issues which reflect a technological culture that
often breaks traditional writing rules.

A

21ST Century Literature

22
Q

21ST CENTURY LITERARY GENRES

A

HYPERPOETRY
TEXTULA
ILLUSTRATED OR GRAPHIC NOVELS
DIGI-FICTION
FLASH FICTION
DOODLE FICTION
BLOGS, EMAIL, INSTANT MESSAGING NOVELS
CHICKLIT
CREATIVE NON-FICTION
SPOKEN WORD POETRY
SPECULATIVE FICTION

23
Q
  • also called cyber poetry
  • could not be presented without the computer
  • verse with links to sub-poems or footnotes, poetry “generators,” poetry with movement
    or images.
  • Some readers of HP relate hyper poetry to concrete poetry (in which meaning is conveyed partly by the shape formed by the letters and words), prose, poetry, hip-hop, performance art, and other types of “hybrid” arts.
A

Hyperpoetry

24
Q
  • Mobile phone poetry, using short traditional formal verses like tanaga which has a 7777 syllable
    count with rhyme scheme aabb, abab, abba.
  • a poetry genre mastered by FRANK RIVERA.
  • Entire poems are written and read on mobile phones.
A

TEXTULA

25
Q

Textual portions are presented in traditional form
 Some illustrated novels may contain no text at all
 a longer work or collection of works presented in ‘comics’ style.
 A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using comic form.
 The term is employed in a broad manner, encompassing non fiction works and thematically linked
short stories as well as fictional stories across a number of genres.

A

ILLUSTRATED OR GRAPHIC NOVELS

3rd Quarter 21st Century Literature (3 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions