Prose and Poetry Flashcards
It is made up of letters and words; it is from the latin word “litera” - acquaintance with letters or words
LITERATURE
What are the two major forms of literature?
POETRY
PROSE
It is a form of literature that has figurative form and is strict in form.
POETRY
It is a form of literature that is in a normal way of speaking and is conversational.
PROSE
What are the categories or genres of literature?
PROSE FICTION
POETRY
DRAMA
NONFICTION PROSE
It is a genre of literature that can be narrative fiction, novels, short stories, romances epics or myths.
PROSE FICTION
It is a genre of literature that relies on imagery, figurative language, and sound.
POETRY
It is a genre of literature that is designed to be performed by actors, presents fictional events as if they were happening at present.
DRAMA
It is a genre of literature that consists of news, reports, feature articles, essays, editorials, textbooks, historical, biographical works, and the like.
NONFICTION PROSE
What are the kinds poetry?
LYRIC
NARRATIVE
DRAMATIC
It is a poem which can be sung and was played with the use of a lyre in the old times.
LYRIC POETRY
It is a poem that tells the story.
NARRATIVE POETRY
It is a poem which lines can be performed on plays.
DRAMATIC POETRY
What are the figures of speech?
SIMILE METAPHOR PERSONIFICATION HYPERBOLE LITOTES METONYMY ALLITERATION ONOMATOPOEIA IDIOMS
It is a figure of speech that compares unlike or dissimilar objects using the word “like” or “as”
SIMILE