Unit 1, 2 and 3 21st

• Literature is derived from the Latin “littera” which means “letter”,which refers primarily to written texts. Therefore, literature is simply anything that is written.
• Oral Literature is preserved and handed down from one generation to another by word of mouth.
• Written Literature is more permanent than oral literature because it remains as is.
• Prose usually follows the continuous and usual flow of conversation.
• Poetry combines the sound and meaning of language to create and express ideas and feelings.
• Fiction is a type of prose writing that is the product of the author’s imagination.
• Short Story is a sequence of events including one or more characters, one narrative, and one single idea.
• Novel is a long work of fiction that has chapters where many characters are involved and spans a long period of time.
• Play is a scripted story executed on stage.
• Legend is a narrative about the origin of man, place, event, and happenings.
• Fable is a narrative where the characters are animals and nonliving objects that speak and act like people, and usually ends with values that can mold their attitudes.
• Essay is an attempt to express the viewpoint and judgment of the writer on a dilemma or event.
• Non Fiction is a type of prose writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people.
• Essay is an attempt to express the viewpoint and judgment of the writer on a dilemma or event.
• Oration is a formal treatment of the subject and intended to be spoken before a crowd.
• Biography is a literary work that gives the life account of a person written by another person.
• Autobiography is a literary work where the author writes his own life account.
• News is a report of expected and unexpected events in society and government and incidents in the field of science, business, etc.
• Letters is a written message communicated from one person to another person via writing through a medium.
• Diaries is precisely a record of personal or private and daily experiences.
• Journals is a more universal record or logbook but more importantly a technical journal.
• Narrative is a form of poetry that tells a story.
• Epics are lengthy poems that embody the adventures of epic heroes and divine forces.
• Epics are the oldest remaining form of poetry.
• Ballads are narrative poems meant to be sung.
• Lyric is a brief poem that articulates the poet’s thoughts and feelings.
• The word lyric comes from the Greek word “rhein” which means lyre.
• Haiku is one of the shortest lyric poems, a Japanese verse of 17 syllables arranged in three lines, the first line has 5, the second 7, and the third 5.
• Ode is a serious elaborate lyric poem full of high praises and noble feelings usually about things.
• Elegy is a poem of meditation on life and death.
• Sonnet is a 14-line lyric poem with a certain pattern of rhyme and rhythm.
• Song is a lyric poem intended to be sung.
• Dramatic is written in verse and is meant to be spoken or acted out, usually to tell a story or portray a situation.