English QRT 3
Cards (28)
- ProseA literary piece which is written in the pattern of ordinary spoken language and within the common flow of conversation
- ProseDerived from the Latin word prosa which means 'straightforward'
- FictionA series of imagined facts which shows truths about human life
- Short StoryA brief, artistic form of prose which is centered on a major main incident
- NovelA more extensive form of prose which is elastic and can expand to hundreds of pages
- Non-FictionLiterary works that are based mainly on facts rather than on the imagination
- EssayA composition with moderate length, usually expository in nature
- Formal EssayDeals with serious and important topics
- Informal EssayDeals with any subject, even the ordinary
- Critical EssaySeeks to analyze or evaluate a literary work
- BiographyDeals with the personal life and achievement of a person
- TravelogueInforms others of vicarious experiences in a given place and time
- PoetryExpressions in verse, with measures, rhymes, lines, stanzas and melodious tones
- PoetryDerived from the Greek word poiesis which means 'making'
- Lyric PoetryIn earlier days, it was meant to be sung to the accompaniment of a musical instrument known as lyre
- Simple LyricEmbraces a wide variety of poems and is characterized by subjectivity, imagination, melody and emotion
- SongA short lyric poem which has a specific melodious quality and is intended to be sung
- SonnetA poem expressing of 14 lines with a formal rhyme
- ElegyA poem expressing lament or grief for the dead
- OdeThe most splendid type of lyric poetry that expresses a noble feeling with dignity
- Narrative PoetryIt tells a story following an order of events
- BalladA short simple narrative poem composed to be sung and is orally told from one generation to another
- Metrical RomanceA long rambling love story in verse which is centered around the adventures of knights and lords, and their royal ladies during the age of chivalry
- EpicA long, majestic narrative poem which tells the adventures of a traditional hero and the development of a nation
- Dramatic PoetryIt has the elements that are closely related to drama because it is written in dramatic form or makes use of a dramatic technique
- Dramatic MonologueA combination of drama and poetry which presents the speech of a character in a particular situation at a critical moment
- SoliloquyA passage spoken by the speaker in a poem of a by the character in a play except that there is no one present to hear him except the audience or the reader
- Character SketchA poem which the writer is concerned less with complete or implied matters of a story, but rather with arousing sympathy or antagonism for, or some interest in an individual