Literature Prelim Exam Reviewer PDF
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This document is a reviewer for a literature course, covering literary genres like fiction and non-fiction. It details elements of each genre, including characters, setting, plot, and theme. It also touches upon the importance of literature for vocabulary and critical thinking skills and how it can help us to understand society.
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LITERATURE PRELIM EXAMS LITERARY GENRES (4) REVIEWER 1. FICTION WEEK 2.1 - Unreal for they are just invented by a writer LITERATURE...
LITERATURE PRELIM EXAMS LITERARY GENRES (4) REVIEWER 1. FICTION WEEK 2.1 - Unreal for they are just invented by a writer LITERATURE - Imaginative and creative - Latin word “litteratura” = writing Examples: novels, short stories, and - Litteratus = learning novellas - Lasting memorabilia of a man’s inner thoughts, feelings, desires, ELEMENTS (FICTION) (5) and significant experiences - Covers both oral and written forms 1. CHARACTERS of works - people/creatures in the - Discusses life as well as its story miseries and glories - Drive the plot and interact 2. SETTING IMPORTANCE OF LITERATURE - Time and place of the story 3. PLOT 1. IMPROVES VOCABULARY AND - The sequence of events in GRAMMAR the story 2. ENHANCES WRITING SKILLS - What happens and how do 3. DEVELOPS CRITICAL THINKING they react to it as the story SKILLS progresses 4. INCREASES EMPATHY 4. THEME 5. EXPANDS KNOWLEDGE - The underlying message of 6. PROVIDES ENJOYMENT the story - What the author is trying to ROLES OF LITERATURE IN THE say SOCIETY (5) 5. CONFLICT - Struggle between the 1. ENTERTAINMENT characters and the forces - Stories, poems, and plays that oppose them 2. EDUCATION - Can be internal (Emotions) - Educate us about different - Can be external (against cultures, historical periods, nature or society) and ways of thinking 3. SOCIAL COMMENTARY —---------------------------------------------- - Used to comment on social issues 2. NON-FICTION - Raise awareness of these - about real people and events issues 4. EMPATHY ELEMENTS (NON-FICTION) (4) - Understanding their experiences and 1. FACTS perspectives - Factual information 5. TRADITION 2. EVIDENCE - It helps us to preserve our - Evidence to support claims cultural traditions - Interviews, research, or Examples: Plays, musicals, and personal experiences operas 3. OBJECTIVITY - Aristotle: “imitation of an - This means that it presents action” all sides of an issue fairly 4. ACCURACY ELEMENTS (DRAMA) (10) - This means that it is free from errors 1. CHARACTERS 2. SETTINGS —--------------------------------------- 3. PLOT 4. THEME 3. POETRY 5. CONFLICT - uses language in a creative and 6. DIALOGUES expressive way - It is the conversation between the - Often uses figurative language characters in a play. 7. STAGE DIRECTIONS ELEMENTS (POETRY) (4) - instructions were given to the actors on what to do 1. IMAGERY and speak - Use of language to create 8. ACTING pictures in the reader’s - Process bringing the mind characters in a play to life 2. SYMBOLISM 9. DIRECTING - Use of objects or actions to - Process of overseeing the represent something else production of a play - To add depth and meaning 10. DESIGN to a poem - Set, costumes, lighting, and 3. SOUND DEVICES sound - Use of repetition. - To create a visual and Alliteration, assonance, and auditory experience consonance to create a particular effect - To add rhythm and emphasis to a poem 4. FORMS - Its structure - Poems: can be written in free verse, sonnets, and haikus —------------------------------------------ 4. DRAMA - Mainly the art of depicting or portraying potential or imagined events/ experiences - Performed by actors