WORLIT 030 ASSIGNMENT 05: THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF LITERATURE

GROUP MEMBERS 1.BONGHANOY, JANEL RIZA 2.GUADALUPE,CHERYLL

ANNE
3. GUTIERREZ, JAMES 4.ILUSTRISIMO, NOVELYN 5.ROSALES, KRISTEL JEN

PART 1.

INSTRUCTIONS: Complete the following modern outline of the above paragraph about the
classifications of literature.
CLASSIFICATIONS OF LITERATURE

1. ACCORDING TO FORM
1.1 Oral
1.2 Written
2. ACCORDING TO APPEAL
2.1 ACCORDING TO POINT IN TIME
2.1.1 Universal
2.1.2 Limited
2.2 ACCORDING TO SPACE
2.2.1 International
2.2.2 National
2.2.3 Local
3. ACCORDING TO GENRE
3.1 Prose
3.2 Poetry
GROUP MEMBERS 1.BONGHANOY, JANEL RIZA 2.GUADALUPE,CHERYLL
ANNE
3. GUTIERREZ, JAMES 4.ILUSTRISIMO, NOVELYN 5.ROSALES, KRISTEL JEN

PART 2.

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer the following based on the outline on the literary genres and their
correspondent definition. Write True if the statement is correct but write False if it is
incorrect and change the underlined word or phrase to make the statement correct.
TEST ITEMS ANSWER
1. A poem may be lyrical, narrative, or dramatic. True
2. A sonnet consists of 14 (fourteen) lines. True
3. An ode expresses the poet’s laments over the loss of a loved one. False - Elegy
4. Poetry employs words, sound, and rhythm to create an emotional True
response from the readers.
5. A drama may be a poetry or prose. True
6. The ballad and the epic may be popular or literary. True
7. A narrative poem is a story in verse form. False - Poetic
8. A metrical romance is written in paragraph form. False -Poetic form
9. A song is a prose. False - Poem
10. A dramatic poem expresses the poet’s personal feelings. True
11. A metrical romance is a poem. False - verse
12. A poem is imaginative and concise. True
13. Folk tales and fairy tales are allegories in poetic form. True
14. The Ant and the Grasshopper is a parable. False - Fable
15. Si Malakas at si Maganda is a legend. True
16. When author A writes about the life of author B, author A False - Biography
produces an autobiography.
17. The tragedy and melodrama usually end joyfully. False - Comedy
18. An essay is non-fiction. True
19. Poetry is classified into fiction and non-fiction. False - Literature
20. The novel and short story are fictitious. True
21. A novelette is longer than a novel. False - shorter
22. Documentaries, letters, and chronicles deal with facts. True
23. A satire is sarcastic in tone. True
24. A narrative is always a story. True
25. A masque is a drama. True
26. The ideas in an essay are real and true. True
27. There are two kinds of prose. False - Four
28. Secular songs are religious songs. True
29. The characters in parables, fables, legends, and myths represent False - Imaginative
concrete ideas.
30. A ballad may be literary or folk. True