MAJOR FORMS OF LITERATURE Flashcards
THIS LITERARY TYPE IS USUALLY WRITTEN IN LINES AND IS CHARACTERIZED BY HAVING THE ELEMENT OF RHYTHM, SOUND, IMAGERY, AND FORM
POETRY
MAJOR PURPOSE OF POETRY:
TO EXPRESS FEELINGS, THOUGHTS, AND IDEAS
3 TYPES OF POETRY:
NARRATIVE, DRAMATIC, AND LYRICAL POETRY
TELLS A STORY AND HAS THE ELEMENTS OF NARRATIVE SUCH AS CHARACTERS, SETTING, CONFLICT, ETC.
NARRATIVE POETRY
EMOTIONALLY APPEALING DRAMA WRITTEN IN VERSE
DRAMATIC POETRY
COMMON TYPE OF POETRY THAT FOCUSES ON EXPRESSING FEELINGS RATHER THAN TELLING A STORY
LYRIC POETRY
THIS LITERARY PIECE APPLIES A NATURAL FLOW OF SPEECH AND GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURES
PROSE
SERVES AS A PRODUCT OF WRITERS’ WILD IMAGINATION AND CREATIVE THINKING
FICTION
STORIES INSPIRED BY REAL EVENTS WHERE THE WRITERS AIM TO PRESENT, INTERPRET, OR DESCRIBE EXPERIENCES BASED ON FACTS
NON-FICTION
NARRATIVES:
EPIC, BALLAD, METRICAL, TALES
DRAMATIC:
DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE, SOLILOQUY
LYRIC:
HAIKU, ODE, ELEGY, SONNET, SONG
PROSE:
FICTION AND NON-FICTION
FICTION:
SHORT STORY, NOVEL, PLAY, LEGEND, FABLE
NON-FICTION:
BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY, NARRATIVE ESSAY, MEMOIR, DIARIES AND JOURNAL
REFERS TO THE FORMS OF LITERATURE
GENRE
IN LITERATURE ARE EPIC, TRAGEDY, COMEDY, AND CREATIVE NONFICTION. THEY CAN ALL BE IN THE FORM OF PROSE OR POETRY
GENERAL GENRES
REFERS “TO PARTICULAR IDENTIFIABLE CHARACTERISTICS OF A WHOLE TEXT”
LITERARY ELEMENTS
ELEMENTS OF A STORY:
THEME, PLOT, SETTING, CONFLICT, POINT-OF-VIEW, CHARACTER
FREE VERSE, COUPLET, LIMERICK
FORM
PICTURES IN WORD AND IT ADDS COLOR IN ANY TYPES OF LITERATURE ESPECIALLY IN POETRY
IMAGERY
FALLS UNDER THE BROAD CATEGORY SOUND
RHYTHM
DEALS WITH THE COMMON USE OF RHYMES AND OTHER DEVICES
SOUND
OTHER LITERARY DEVICES:
REPITITION, ALLITERATION, ASSONANCE, ONOMATOPEIA
REPEATING OF WORDS, PHRASES, OR LINES
REPITION
REPEATING SAME CONSONANT SOUNDS
ALLITERATION
REPEATING SAME VOWEL SOUNDS
ASSONANCE
USE OF ACTUAL SOUND TO REPRESENT SOMEONE OR SOMETHING
ONOMATOPEIA
