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Q1 - 21st Century Tuna 🐟 Flashcards

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It is a term used to describe written or spoken material.

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Literature

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It is used to describe anything from creative writing to more technical or scientific works, but the term is most commonly used to refer to works of the creative imagination, including works of poetry, drama, fiction, and nonfiction.

It is an enduring expression of significant human experience in words well-chosen and arranged.

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Literature

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Literature came from the Latin word ____, which means ____.

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litera
letters

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Define each of the highlighted words

Literature is an enduring expression of significant human experience in words well-chosen and arranged.

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  • enduring – lasting, not ephemeral
  • expression – sharing; a manifestation
  • significant – important, necessary, meaningful
  • human – people; different human conditions
  • experience – the heart of literature
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Literature is language in use that provides insights and intellectual stimulation to the reader. As one explores literature, he likewise discovers the beauty of language.

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The Nature of Literature

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The function “____ ____”, literature is used to entertain its readers. Literary works are consumed for the sake of one’s enjoyment.

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pleasure reading

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Thus summed up as permanent expressions in words (written or spoken), specially arranged in pleasing accepted patterns or forms. It expresses thoughts, feelings, ideas, or other special aspects of human experiences.

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Literature

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Four (4) R’s of Literature:

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  • Recreation
  • Recognition
  • Redemption
  • Revelation
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Literature is a means of reassembling reality. We want to see what we cannot see in reality.

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Recreation

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Literature helps us recognize the people & their contribution.

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Recognition

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Literature is a means of modification of behavior.

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Redemption

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Literature is a means of recording history. It reveals the past, the present, & the future.

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Revelation

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Two (2) Divisions of Literature:

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  • Prose
  • Poetry
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The word “____” comes from the latin expression ____ ____, which means “straightforward” or “direct speech”

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prose
prosa oratio

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Due to the definition of prose referring to straightforward communication, “____” has come to mean dull & commonplace discourse.

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prosaic

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Poetry came from the ancient Greek ____ meaning “I create”.

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poieo

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Is an art form in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional & semantic content.

It consists largely of oral or literary works in which language is used in a manner that is felt by its user & audience to differ from ordinary prose.

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Poetry

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Types of Prose (8):

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  1. Prose Drama
  2. Essay
  3. Prose Fiction (Novel & Short Story)
  4. Biography
  5. Autobiography
  6. Letter
  7. Diary
  8. Journal
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19
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A drama in prose form. It consists entirely dialogues in prose, & is meant to be act on stage.

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Prose Drama

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

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Essay

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Something invented, imagined, or feigned to be true.

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Prose Fiction (Novel & Short Story)

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A long fiction narrative with a complicated plot. It may have one main plot & one or more sub plots that develop with the main plot. It is made up of chapters.

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Novel

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A fictitious narrative compressed into one unit of time, place & action. It deals with single character interest, a single emotion or series of emotions called forth by a single. It is distinguished from the novel by its compression.

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Short Story

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A story of a certain person’s life written by another who knows the subject well

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Biography

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A written account of man’s life written by himself.

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Autobiography

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

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Letter

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

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Diary

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A magazine or periodical especially of serious or learned nature. It is the reflection, opinion of a read material.

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Journal

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Types of Poetry (2):

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  • Narrative Poetry
  • Lyric Poetry
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A poem that tells a story.

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Narrative Poetry

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Poetry

Types of Narrative Poetry (7):

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  1. Epic
  2. Metrical Poem
  3. Metrical Tale
  4. Ballad
  5. Popular Ballad
  6. Modern or Artistic
  7. Metrical Allegory
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A long narrative poem of the largest proportions. It is a tale mainly about a hero concerning the beginning, continuance, & the end of events of great significance on tribal or national significance.

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Epic

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A narrative poem that tells a story of adventure, love & chivalry. The Typical hero is a knight on a quest.

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Metrical Poem

34
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A knight on a quest

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The Typical Hero

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A narrative poem consisting usually a single series connective events that are simple, & generally do not form a plot.

Examples of these are simple idylls or home tales, love tales, tales of the supernatural or tales written for a strong moral purpose in verse form.

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Metrical Tale

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The simplest type of narrative poetry. It is a short narrative poem telling a single incident in simple meter & stanzas. It is meant to be sung.

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Ballad

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A ballad of wide workman ship telling some simple incidents of adventure, cruelty, passion, or superstition, an incident that shows the primary instincts of man influenced by the restraint of modern civilization.

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Popular Ballad

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Created by poet in imitation of the folk ballad, makes use of many of its devices & conventions.

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Modern or Artistic

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An extended narrative that carries a second meaning along worth the surface story.

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Metrical Allegory

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A poem that is very personal in nature. It expresses the author’s own thoughts, feelings, moods & reflections in musical language. It derived its name from the musical instrument, the lyre.

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Lyric Poetry

41
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Poetry

Types of Lyric Poetry (4):

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  1. Ode
  2. Elegy
  3. Song
  4. Sonnet
42
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A lyric poem of some length, serious in subject and dignified in style. It is most majestic of the lyric poems. It is written in a spirit of praise of some persons or things.

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Ode

43
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A poem written on the death of a friend of the poet. The ostensible purpose is to praise the friend. But in the end of the poem, however, we can expect that poet will have come to terms with his grief.

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Elegy

44
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A lyric poem in a regular metrical pattern set to music. These have twelve syllables and slowly sung to the accompaniment of a guitar or banduria.

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Song

45
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A song has ____ syllables and slowly sung to the accompaniment of a guitar or banduria.

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twelve

46
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A lyric poem containing four iambic pentameter lines, and a complicated rhyme.

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Sonnet

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