LITERATURE

• Prose - most typical form of language, applying ordinary grammatical structure and natural flow of speech
• Prose - commonly used in literatures, magazines, newspapers, and other forms of communication
• Fiction - any narrative or information works that deals with information or events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary - that is, invented by the author
• Nonfiction - communicative work whose assertions and descriptions are understood to be factual
• Nonfiction - can be written about fiction, giving information about these other works
• Narrative - form of poetry which tells a story, often making use of the voices of a narrator and characters as well
• Narrative - usually written in metered verse, and usually dramatic with objectives, and meter. It also includes epics, ballads, idylls, and lays
• Lyric - genre of poetry that expressed personal and emotional feelings.
• Lyric - does not have to rhyme and do not need to be set to music or a beat.
• Drama - mode of fiction represented in performance
• Fairytale - story about kings, queens, princes and princesses with a touch of magic.
• Mythology - story about gods and goddesses
• Legend - story about origin of a place or a thing
• Novel - a long narrative with an organized plot usually with a maximum of 500 pages
• Novelette - a narrative with an organized plot usually with a maximum of 300 pages
• Short story - a narrative with an organized plot usually with a maximum of 100 pages
• Fable - story that uses animals as characters and with moral lesson
• Parable - story used by Jesus in teaching the Good News
• Allegory - story that uses symbolism to represent an idea
• Autobiography - life story of a person written by himself
• Newspaper collection of news articles about various current events
• Journal - daily record of personal events
• Planner - daily record of business commitments
• Anecdote - a brief, revealing account of an individual person or an incident
• Poetry - a form of literary art which uses the aesthetic qualities of language to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, the prosaic meaning
• Epic - narrative poem about supernatural powers possessed by heroes and heroines
• Ballad - a narrative poem with harmony and rhythm
• Idylls - a narrative poem about rustic life
• Metrical Romance - a narrative poem dealing with the emotions or phase of life and the story is told simple, straightforward and realistic manner
• Song - a lyric poem intended to be sung
• Sonnet - lyric poem consisting of 14 iambis pentameter lines
• Ode - lyrical poem praising or glorifying an event or individual, describing nature intellectually as well as emotionally
• Elegy - a lament for the dead
• Historical - a theatrical play with historical plot
• Comedy - theatrical play with a happy ending
• Tragedy - a theatrical play with the death of some major characters
• Biography - life story of a person that is written by another person
• Magazine - collection of articles regarding a lifestyle of a man
• Pre-colonial Period - the first period of Philippine literary history is the longest.
• Riddles Bugtong - battle of wits among participants