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• Literary text elements include psychological characterization and chronology
• Characteristics of literary text:

  • Narrates a story
  • Expresses feelings, ideas, thoughts
  • Crosses boundaries of times, places, etc.
• Two major forms of literature are poetry and prose
• 3 types of poetry:

  • Narrative
  • Dramatic
  • Lyrical
• 2 types of prose:

  • Fiction
  • Non-fiction
• 3 types of fiction:

  • Short story
  • Novel
  • Novella
• Poetry is a written line with elements of rhythm, sound, and imagery
• Narrative poetry tells a story, like "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
• Dramatic poetry is intended to be sung in front of an audience, with characters speaking in poetry
• Lyrical poetry focuses on expressing feelings rather than telling a story, like Sonnet 18 by W. Shakespeare
• Prose does not have to rhyme but must make sense, with a natural flow of speech and grammatical structures
• Fiction is a product of writers' imagination and creative thinking
• A short story can be read in one sitting, usually between 20 minutes to an hour, with 1,000-7,500 or 10,000-15,000 words
• A novel is meant to entertain and tell a story, typically 80,000-120,000 words
• Biographies and autobiographies both tell the story of someone's life
• A memoir is written through the author's perspective, focusing on an important part of their life
• Narrative essays are used to engage the reader and reveal the point or theme of the story
• Diaries and journals are documentation of daily events, thoughts, experiences, and emotions
• Types of narrative poetry:

  • Anaphora
  • Ballad
  • Metrical Tales
• Anaphora repeats the same phrase at the beginning of each line
• Ballads have a rhyme scheme ABCD and are orally told from one generation to another
• Metrical Tales are stories within a story, covering a wide range of subjects and characters
• Types of dramatic poetry:

  • Monologue
  • Soliloquy
• A monologue is directed at a specific audience, combining drama and poetry
• A soliloquy is a solo utterance of an actor in a drama
• Types of lyrical poetry:

  • Haiku
  • Ode
  • Elegy
  • Sonnet
• Haiku is a 3-line poem with 17 syllables in a 5-7-5 pattern
• An ode is a poem that expresses praise and gratification
• An elegy reflects upon death
• A sonnet is a 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter
• Poetry elements include form, imagery, sound, and rhythm
• Types of forms:

  • Free verse
  • Couplet
  • Limerick
• Free verse is non-metrical and non-rhyming, following natural rhythms of speech
• A couplet consists of a pair of consecutive lines that create a complete thought
• A limerick has a scheme "aabba" and is a popular form of short poetry
• Imagery adds color and is the reason why we see colors
• Rhythm determines how fast or slow a poem is
• Sound in poetry involves the use of rhymes and literary devices
• Types of literary devices:

  • Repetition
  • Alliteration
  • Assonance
  • Onomatopoeia
  • Rhythm