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LITERARY
1. POETRY
GENRES
2. PROSE
3. DRAMA
4. NON-
5. MEDIA
OTHER
TYPES
LITERARY
1. ORAL
2. GRAPHIC
LITERATURE
COMIC
NOVELS/ BOOKS
POETRY
• type of literature based on the
interplay of words and rhythm
• often employs rhyme and meter
• written in elevated language
prose
• broader term that includes both
drama and non-fiction
• written in complete sentences and
organized in paragraphs
• focus on plot and characters
instead of sound
drama
• text meant to be performed rather
than be read
• usually called plays
• when written down, the bulk of a
drama is dialogue
Non-fiction
• type of prose and includes
different sub-genres
• can be creative or factual
media
• distinct genre such as movies and
films, websites, commer-cials,
billboards, etc.
• newest type of literature
• work that doesn’t exist primarily
as a written text
Oral literature
• usually taught in the form of epic
poems, plays or folk tales
• stories meant to pass on a
particular lesson or moral
• with timeless quality that are just
as relevant to us today,
Graphic novel
And comic
• seen in the past as the lowest form
books
of literature
• sequential art that tells a story
Elements
Of different genres
1. character
2. setting
3. plot
4. conflict
5. theme
6. point-of-view
7. style
8. Literary devices
character
• a person, or sometimes even an
animal, who takes part in the
action of a short story or other
literary work
setting
• the time and place in which the
story happens
• use descriptions of land-scape,
scenery, buildings, seasons or
weather
plot
• series of events and character
actions that relate to the central
conflict
conflict
• struggle between two people or
things in a short story
theme
• the central idea or belief in a
short story
Point-of-view
• the narrator's position in
relation to a story being told
style
• an element of a genre that is
like a unique fingerprint
Literary devices
• true tools of the writer
• include symbolism, humor,
figurative languages and
figures of speech
Parts
Of a plot
1. exposition
2. Rising action
3. climax
4. Falling action
5.
resolution/denouement
exposition
• story’s introduction
• where characters are
introduced, setting is
established, and the conflict is
revealed
Rising action
• begins with inciting incident
• the conflict is addressed
• leads up to the climax
climax
• peak of tension, plot, and
character
• most exciting part
• pivotal point of the story
Falling action
• moving toward a satisfying
conclusion
• part where conflicts are being
resolved
resolution
• the ending of the story
Literary
And
techniques themes
Literary
• Common techniques relevant to
techniques
style or the language chosen to tell a
story include metaphors, similes,
personification, imagery, hyperbole,
and alliteration.
Literary
• Common techniques relevant to plot
techniques
which is the sequence of events that
make up a narrative include
backstory, flashback, flash-forward,
and foreshadowing.
Literary
• Common techniques relevant to
techniques
narrative perspective or who is
telling the story include first person,
second person, third person limited,
and third-person omniscient.
Literary themes
• Theme is the central topic or ideas
explored by a literary work.
• It is the underlying meaning a writer
explores in a novel, short story or other
genres.
Literary themes
• The theme may be a moral, a message or
a more open-ended exploration of some
fundamental aspect of society or
humanity.
• The theme reveals the universal human
condition and offers readers food for
thought long after the story is finished.
Literary themes
• Common themes in literature are: Good
vs. Evil, Love, Death, Redemption,
Courage and Heroism, Perseverance,
Coming of Age, Revenge, Power and
Corruption, Survival, Prejudice, War
and Individual vs. Society.
Thank