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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