Types and Purposes of Literary Texts

• Fable - are stories intended to teach a lesson, where animals speak and act as a human.

  CHARACTERISTICS:

  1. Short, fictional stories with a moral lesson.
  2. Often feature animals, objects, or forces of nature as characters.
  3. Anthropomorphized characters (given human qualities.)
  4. Simple structure with exposition, conflict, and resolution.
• Short Story - A short-literary composition with one plot and one pre-dominant character and setting.

  CHARACTERISTICS:

  1. Consists of a series of events that are told by narrator to a reader or listener.
  2. The main features of short stories are Characters, Setting, Plot, Theme, Point of View, and Symbol.
• Poem - is a piece of writing in which the words are chosen for their beauty and sound carefully arranged in short lines that rhyme.

  CHARACTERISTICS:

  1. intended to be read aloud.
  2. uses words to create image
  3. uses rhyme and sound devices.
• Persuade - influences the readers' perspectives or encourage them to reconsider their stance on a debate and contemplate the writer's viewpoint.
• Inform - explains, clarifies something, or educate the audience.
• Entertain - focuses on entertaining rather than informing; aims to make the audience laugh, cry, or provide overall enjoyable reading experience.