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Types and Elements of Literature

This document defines and describes different types of literature including prose, poetry, and dramatic poetry. It provides details on various forms of poetry such as narrative poetry, lyric poetry, sonnets, elegies, and epics. It also defines poetry and discusses some key elements and forms of poetry including stanzas, rhyme, meter, and imagery. Additionally, it lists elements of short stories and provides examples of short stories. In summary, the document categorizes and explains different genres and forms within literature with a focus on defining and describing poetry.

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Types and Elements of Literature

This document defines and describes different types of literature including prose, poetry, and dramatic poetry. It provides details on various forms of poetry such as narrative poetry, lyric poetry, sonnets, elegies, and epics. It also defines poetry and discusses some key elements and forms of poetry including stanzas, rhyme, meter, and imagery. Additionally, it lists elements of short stories and provides examples of short stories. In summary, the document categorizes and explains different genres and forms within literature with a focus on defining and describing poetry.

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LITERATURE REVIEWER  Ode- poem of a noble feeling,

expressed with dignity, with no


Types of Literature definite number of syllables
I. Prose- written within the common flow of  Awit- have measures of 12 syllables
conversation in sentences and paragraphs accompanied by guitar or banduria
 Novel- long narrative divided into  Corridos- have measures of 8 syllables
chapters; events taken from true-to-life and recited to a martial beat
stories 3. Dramatic Poetry
 Short Story- narrative involving one or  Comedy- comes from the Greek term
more characters, one plot and one single “komos” meaning festivity or revelry;
impression usually light and written with the
 Plays- presented on a stage purpose of amusing and usually has a
 Legends- fictitious narrative, usually happy ending
about origins  Melodrama- usually sad but there is a
 Fables- fictitious stories that deal with happy ending
animals and inanimate thins who speak  Tragedy- involves the hero struggling
and act like people and meets his death
 Anecdotes- merely products of the  Farce- exaggerated comedy
writer’s imagination  Social Poems- either purely comic or
 Essay- expresses the viewpoint or opinion tragic and it pictures the life of today
of the writer about a particular event Definition of Poetry
 Biography- deals with the life of a person
 News- a report of everyday event in - An art form in which human language is
society used for its aesthetic qualities in addition
 Oration- formal treatment of a subject and to, or instead of, its notional and semantic
is intended to be spoken in public content
II. Poetry- expressions in verse, with - Consists of largely of oral or literary
measure and rhyme, line, and stanza and works
has a more melodious tone - It may use condensed or compressed
1. Narrative Poetry- describes important form to convey emotion or ideas
events in life either real or imaginary - Has its origins in song
 Epic- extended narrative about heroic - Most of the characteristics that
exploits often under supernatural distinguish it from other forms of
control utterance—rhythm, rhyme, compression,
2. Lyric Poetry- meant to be sung to the intensity of feeling, use of refrains—
accompaniment of a lyre, but now, this appear to have come about from efforts to
applies to any type of poetry that fit words to musical forms.
expresses emotions and feelings of the Poet- one who creates poetry
poet
 Folksongs- intended to be sung with a Great Poetry- captures images vividly and in
common theme of love, despair, grief, original, refreshing way
doubt, joy, hope, and sorrow Rhythm- most vital element of sound in poetry
 Sonnets- lyric poem of 14 lines dealing
with an emotion, a feeling, or an idea
 Elegy- expresses feelings of grief and
melancholy whose theme is death
Elements of Poetry Elements of a Short Story
1. Stanza- a fixed number of lines of verse  Setting
forming a single unit of a poem; usually  Characters
made up of equal number of lines  Plot
Couplet- 2 lines  Theme
Tercet- 3 lines  Conflict
Quatrain- 4 lines  Resolution
Cinquain- 5 lines  Moral Values
Sestet- 6 lines
The Pleasures of the Door- Francis Ponge
Sonnet- 14 lines
Working Clothes- Gelacio Guillermo
2. Rhyme and Rhyme Scheme- has the
The Fence- Lenrie Peters
ability to provide a systematic flow to a
Song for a Dry Season- Emmanuel Torres
bundle of thoughts that may seem
Rice- Manuel Arguilla
absolutely chaotic if put together
Magnificence- Estrella Alfon
otherwise
End rhyme- when there are
words/phrases end in the same sound
Internal rhyme- occurs in the middle of a
line
3. Form- arrangement of words, lines,
verses, rhymes
Forms of Poetry
 Lyric Poetry- expresses strong thoughts
and feelings
 Narrative Poem- tells a story
 Descriptive Poem- describes the world
4. Meter- systematic regularity in rhythm
5. Imagery- mental pictures the poet creates
through language
Quality Characteristics of Poem
 Imaginative
 Creative
 Descriptive
 Provokes thoughts
 Causes an emotional response
 Using figurative language
 It has a rhythm or rhyme.
 It can have a physical or grammatical
arrangement of words

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