Types Of Literature Vocabulary

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Literature is classifies as

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fiction or non-fiction

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Fiction includes

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imaginative prose and poetry.

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Prose fiction includes

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prose narrative and drama

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Prose narrative includes

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novel, novelette, short story, realistic, biographical, historical, fanciful, science fiction,

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Fanciful fiction includes

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myths, legends, tall tales, fables, fairytales

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drama classified as

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prose or poetic

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comedies are classified as

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classical, tragi-comedy, melodrama, romance, farce, fantasy.

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Tragedies are classified as

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classical, historical or problem play

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Poetry may be

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narrative or lyric

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Narrative Poetry includes

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Epic, Ballad, Metrical Tale

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Epic

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celebrates the feats of a legendary or national hero

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Ballad

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often of folk origin, consisting of simple stanzas and usually having a recurrent refrain.

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Metrical Tale

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a tale composed in verse; sung or chanted in meter.

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Free verse

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poetry not written in a regular pattern or meter.

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Lyric Poetry

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General, dramatic, pastoral, sonnet, ode, elegy.

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Dramatic

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a monologue revealing a character, addressed directly to the reader.

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pastoral

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portrays rural life usually in an idealized manner.

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Sonnet

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consists of 14 lines; three quatrains embody the statement, and a couplet brings the resolution of a single theme.

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Ode

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lengthy, often addressed to a praised object, person, or quality.

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Elegy

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expresses sorrow;mournful, melancholy, pensive in tone.

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Haiku

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3 line Japanese verse form; the 1st and 3rd lines have 5 syllables. The 2nd line has 7 syllables.

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Limerick

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humorous, rhyming, five-line poem with a specific meter and rhyme.

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Blank Verse

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poetry written in unrhymes iambic pentameter lines.

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non-fiction

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is based on fact and true situations.

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non-fiction includes

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biography, autobiography, articles, textbooks, brochures, booklets, letters, essays, newspapers.

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exposition

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the writer presents information, explaining something to his reader. His intent is to explain, analyze, present information, or clarify a subject.

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Expository Writing examples

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directions, instructions, informative reports, interviews, letters, summaries, news stories, biographies, analysis or interpretation.

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Description

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The writer evokes a place, object or character.

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Description Writing examples

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Description is used to present the physical details or an impression or an object or an individual.

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Narration

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The writer tells a story about himself or others. recounts details of an event.

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Narration Writing examples

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Short stories, summaries and news stories.

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Persuasion or Argument

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The writer tries to convince people that they should agree with his position on some issue. Persuasion is used to arouse in the reader a need to act or arrive at a given conclusion.

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Persuasion or argument writing examples

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editorials, movie reviews, book reports, letters to senators etc...

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Essays can be grouped into 3 categories

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those that instruct.
those that recount.
those that analyze.

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Formal style

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This sounds old-fashioned; usually precise and descriptive.

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Informal writing style

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This is more modern; it often sounds as if someone were talking to you.

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Informational writing style

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This will be concise; any description it gives is factual.