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READING AND WRITING SKILLS Prepared by: Ms. Rayn Tan  Lesson Objectives 01 02 03 know the Identify the know the text appropriate different features and reading fiction and...

READING AND WRITING SKILLS Prepared by: Ms. Rayn Tan  Lesson Objectives 01 02 03 know the Identify the know the text appropriate different features and reading fiction and text strategies to non-fiction structures of use with genres and the specific specific text types of text writing LESSON 1  LESSON 1 01 02 03 GENRE TEXT STRUCTURES FORMS FEATURES GENRE 01 GENRE A category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, 01 GENRE The term genre has been ordinarily regarded as a literary or artistic category. The main literary genres are prose, poetry, and  LITERARY GENRES 01 02 03 PROSE POETRY DRAMA  LITERARY GENRES 01 02 03 PROSE POETRY DRAMA PROSE PROSE Prose is a form of written or spoken language that follows the natural flow of speech, uses a language's ordinary grammatical structures, or follows the  PROSE FORMS Fictional Prose Nonfictional Prose characters are invented by the writer. Fiction Biographies, allows the reader to autobiographies, explore new worlds, share and essays, deals the joys and sorrow of the with real people, characters, and learn from the invented experiences places, things, of the others. and events. PROSE FORMS Fiction Non- Fiction Novel History Short Story News Novella Biography Fable Diary Parable Anecdote Legend Essay Fiction Novel A novel is a work of long prose fiction, which is usually centered around characters, events and settings. Novels usually have multiple chapters, with a larger plot and focus on character development. Short A short story is a work of fiction that is usually shorter in length than a novel. Short stories often have less developed characters Story and settings than longer works, but can still explore complex themes. Novella A novella is a work of narrative fiction, longer than a short story but shorter than a novel. Generally, novellas are between 20,000 and 40,000 words in length. Fiction Fable A fable is a short story, typically with animals as characters, that teaches a moral lesson. Fables often have an element of humor and are an enduring form of folk literature. A parable is a short story or brief tale that is used to Parable illustrate a moral lesson or religious principle. It typically features characters and events that are symbolic of larger truths or ideas. Legend A legend is a traditional story that has been passed down through generations and is typically based on historical events. Legends often include elements of mythology and folklore. Non- Fiction History History is the study of past events, particularly human activity and its impact on people and societies. It is a term that relates to past events as well as interpretation of information about these events. News A news is a piece of information about a current event or situation. It may be reported in a variety of media, including newspapers, television, radio, and the Internet. A biography is a detailed description or account of a Biography person's life. It includes facts and information about the person's childhood, education, family, work, and death. Non- Fiction Diary A diary is a personal record of experiences, thoughts, and/or reflections kept regularly and often privately. It can be a physical book or an electronic document. Anecdote An anecdote is a brief, often amusing story about a real incident or person. Anecdotes are usually related as a way to support an argument or point in a speech or essay. Essay An essay is a short piece of writing that focuses on a particular topic or argument. Essays are used to express ideas, explain a point, or discuss a topic in a structured and organized way.  LITERARY GENRES 01 02 03 PROSE POETRY DRAMA POETRY POETRY Poetry is a type of literature, or artistic writing, that attempts to stir a reader's imagination or emotions. POETRY Literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm  Literature Poetry Narrative Lyric Dramatic Epic Song Tragedy Ballad Ode Comedy Metrical Tale Sonnet Melodrama Elegy Farce Idyll Social Tale  Poetry Narrative Dramatic Narrative poetry is a form of poetry that tells a story. It Lyric Dramatic poetry is a type of poetry that is meant to be performed in a play or usually follows a plot with theatrical setting. It often characters, a setting, and a Lyric poetry is a type of includes elements of climax. poetry that expresses dialogue, monologue, and personal emotions or characterization. thoughts. It often includes rhyme and meter and can be sung as a song. FORMS OF POETRY  are long, narrative poems written in a dignified style, that celebrated the Epics adventures and achievements of one or more heroic figures of legends, history, and religion. are songlike poems that tell a story, often Ballad dealing with adventure and romance. A fourteen-line poem written in iambic Sonnets pentameter, employing one of several rhyme schemes, and adhering to a tightly structured thematic organization.  a kind of poetry that not written in a Free Verse regular rhythmical pattern or meter. The haiku is a Japanese poetic form that Haiku consists of three lines, with five syllables in the first line, seven in the second, and five in the third.  Poetry also use structural elements such as line length and stanzas. KIND OF STANZAS  The couplet is a couple of lines, a stanza made of two COUPLET lines. Often, couplets are used tomimic togetherness and are found in love poems, though they can be used for all manner of subjects. TERCET A tercet is a stanza consisting of three lines. Quatrains are very common in poetry, it is QUATRAIN a stanza of four lines. QUINTAIN A quintain is a stanza of five lines. Tanka, a five-line traditional Japanese poem is one prominent example of quintain. SESTET A sestet sometimes called sestain, is a stanza with a total of six lines. SEPTET A stanza with seven lines. This is something called a "rhyme royal" OCTAVE A stanza with eight lines written in iambic pentameter, or ten syllable beats per line.  LITERARY GENRES 01 02 03 PROSE POETRY DRAMA DRAMA DRAMA Drama is a story told in dialogue by performers before an audience. It include television plays, radio plays, and even movies. In drama, actors make a world come alive. Like fiction, the elements of drama include character, setting, theme, FORMS OF DRAMA Comedy Tradegy Melodram a Farce Historical  Comedy Tragedy A tragedy is a A comedy is a drama form in type of drama which the main that humorous character, often a person of dignified and has happy or heroic structure, ending. suffers downfall.  Melodrama Farce It is a drama that is A farce is a funny full of exciting play for the theater events and in which based on ridiculous the characters and and unlikely emotions seem to situation and be exaggerated to events. be real.  Historical A historicalDrama drama is a play that takes place in the past and is based on real events. In many of these plays, the characters are also based on real historical figures. The dialogue and action, however, are mostly created by the playwright.  Thanks for Listening