Developmental

Reading
 Meet The Group

Aaron Loeb Bailey Dupont Neil Tran

Learning objectives
• define literature
• determine elements of literature, and
• identify literary types
 Literature
It can be defined as collected oral and written

works of a society that depict the people’s

beliefs, values, morals and aspirations, as
well as their struggles in life.
 Elements of literature
Literary works are grouped under two

categories: imaginative literature and non-

fiction.
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imaginative literature
“literature of power”

poems, short stories,

It interprets human experience by presenting
novels and plays.
fictitious persons, incidents or situatiions , not
by catual truths about particular events.
 non-fiction
It includes biographies
and essays which present
“literature of
actual facts, events,
knowledge”.
experiences and ideas.
 literary types
There are four types of literary works:

fiction, essay, poetry and drama.

 fiction
Includes ideas
It is presented contribute to a
through single effect
narration. which writer aims
to achieve.
 novel
It is a more extended work which may have more characters

in a more complicated situation shown through several

chapters. .
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Elements of short story
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 Plot
It is the skeletal structure of the story. It consists of events
which are arranged in a meaningful sequence.
 Setting
It refers to the time and the place of the actions which
provides the background to the events and actions of the
characters.
 Characterization
Charaters cause the events in the plot or the incidents.
 Style
It is the characteristic manner of expression, the habitual
manner in which a writer expresses himself.
 Point of view
It is how the story is narrated, the vantage point from which
the characters, actions and events are seen.
Point of view
• first person point of view
• objective point of view
• omniscient point of view
Performance Task