Literary Genres Flashcards
A series of entries, or posted created by someone, stored in chronological order are searchable and allows readers to comment on our content
Blog
An online journal or informational website displaying information in the reverse chronological order with the latest post appearing first
Blog
The term ‘Blog’ is a contraction of the term _________
Web blog
Blog as new outlets
Journalist
_____________ credited as the he “blogger” his blog scripting news has been in around since ______ ?
Dave Winer & 1994
Blog as advertising
Businesses
Blogs about niches
Hobbyist
Blogs for education related purposes (lessons)
Educators
Blogs to showcase their work and portfolio
Freelancers
Blogs about their experiences (Journal style)
Casual
True or False
65% of bloggers are 18 - 44 yrs old.
30% are 25 -34
True
True or False
Bloggers are well educated: 7 out of 10 bloggers have gone to college, a majority of whom are graduates
True
True or False
70% of bloggers have been active more then 2 yrs. 20% of all bloggers have been active more than 6 yrs
True
True or False
Bloggers are active across social media: they’re twice as likely to post/comment on consumer-generated sites like YouTube, and nearly
three times more likely to post
in Message Boards/Forums within the last month
True
Person who maintains a blog
Blogger
The act of creating a blog
Blogging
Moving from blog to blog
Blogrolling
A listing of other blogs
Blogrolodex
Evan Williams (Creator of Blogger) said “To me, the blog concept is about three things. ________, ________, _________
Frequency, Brevity, Personality
Blog as a journal
Personal
Blog as a product
Professional
Why blog?
• As a way to network with people sharing a common interest.
• To market or advertise a business. • To make a difference by sharing political and social issues.
• As a resume for highlighting expertise.
•As a way to express creative ideas.
•To share knowledge with others that want to learn a new skill.
•To make money as a side hustle- or even as a career.
What kind of Blogging Topic is this?
Makeup, clothing, hair , and beauty products
Fashion
What kind of Blogging Topic is this?
vacations, best places to visit, your own travels, restaurants, entertainment or even RVS.
Travel
What kind of Blogging Topic is this?
software, programming, web development, web design, and startups
Technology
What kind of Blogging Topic is this?
industry updates, real estate, expert tips, and best practices
Business
What kind of Blogging Topic is this?
how to market your business, SEO best practices, email campaigns
Content marketing
What kind of Blogging Topic is this?
What kind of Blogging Topic is this?
child development, product reviews, tips for age stages.
Parenting
What kind of Blogging Topic is this?
colleagues and peers discuss their fields of expertise, like CPAs
Professional & Academic
What kind of Blogging Topic is this?
tutoring, how-to’s, guides.
Instructional
What kind of Blogging Topic is this?
humor, memes video, music, podcasts.
Entertainment
a term used to denote genre fiction within women’s fiction written for and marketed to young women, especially single, working women in their twenties and thirties
Chick lit
The genre often addresses issues of modern womanhood from romantic relationships to female friendships to matters in the workplace - in humorous and lighthearted ways
Chick lit
How does chick lit arise
• Man = essential, complete, supreme Woman inessential, incomplete, subordinate
• In order to reduce the value of the
Woman, she is given roles to fulfill.
• Even if she is more liberated, she is still a product of a male dominated
society
• Woman is still the Other
What are the elements of chick lit?
• They all feature a woman in her twenties or thirties as a protagonist.
• The novels are mostly set in an urban area like New York and London.
• The protagonists are career woman.
•The protagonists are often single though they usually all end up with someone.
• Fashion usually play a big role in chick lit. the characters can either be obsessed with it or the plot itself can be itself can be centered around fashion industry.
• The book covers often reflect this trend they may feature articles of clothing, maritinis, parties and other glamorous lifestyle.
a story of extreme brevity.
Flash fiction
____________ include sudden fiction, microfiction, micro-story, short short, postcard fiction, prosetry and short short story.
Flash fiction
Also known as Minisaga
Dribble
This is a flash fiction containing exactly 50 words, plus a title of up to 15 characters
Dribble
Also known as Micro- fiction
Drabble
A flash fiction containing exactly 109 words (not including the title)
Drabble
This is a flash fiction containing exactly 140 words (not including the title)
Twitterature
Consist of 750 words
Sadden Fiction
Consist of 1000 words
Nanofiction
It is a short narrative that can have all of the emotional themes of longer stories—from funny to dramatic, sad to scary.
Six word story
What are the elements of flash fiction?
• Setting
• Characters
• Problematic situation
• Crisis
• Climax
• Falling Action
• Resolution
What are the literary techniques in writing Flash fiction?
• Start in the middle
• Don’t use too many characters
• You only have room for a single, simple theme
• Eliminate all but the essential words
• Make your last line ring like a bell
• It is a category of literary composition.
•Genres may be determined by literary technique, tone, content, or even (as in the case of fiction) length.
•Genre should not be confused with age categories, by which literature may be classified as either adult young-adult, or children’s. They also must not be confused with format, such as graphic novel or picture book.
Literary genres
What is referred to as the earlier period?
• This period is referred to as the pre-colonial period
• Most of ancient Philippine literature was really oral consisting of folk narratives, riddles, proverbs, sayings, songs, ritual chants, and epics and was definitely community-bound.
• The expressions sprang from the experience of the community and served its needs from the transmission of beliefs, values, ideals, customs, to entertainment. Many of these expressions still survive in our time, having been handed down orally through generations
• It is an online journal or informational website displaying information in the reverse chronological order, with latest posts appearing first.
•It is a platform where a writer or even a group of writers share their views on an individual subject
Blog
It is a fiction which addresses issues of modern womanhood, often humorously or lightheartedly.
• It typically features a female protagonist whose womanhood is heavily thematized in the plot.
Chick lit
• It is a style of fictional literature of extreme brevity.
• There is no widely accepted definition of the length of the category. It could range from a word to a thousand.
Flash fiction
• Generally, 50% of the narrative is presented without words. The reader must interpret the images in order to comprehend the complete story.
Illustrated novel
• It is a genre of speculative fiction dealing with imaginative concepts such as futuristic science and technology, space travel, faster than light travel, parallel universe and extraterrestrial life.
Sci - Fi
A genre where entire poems are written and read on mobile phones.
Text tula
What are the Literary Genres in Pre-colonial Period
• Epics
• Folk narratives
• Proverbs
• Riddles
• Songs
