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GNED 15 - LESSON 1 AND 2 Flashcards

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It comes from the Latin word “littera”

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LITERATURE

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The word “littera” means _____

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LETTER

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It is a collection of texts or works of art

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LITERATURE

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According to ______, Literature is “a performance in words.”

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ROBERT FROST

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It is also a term used to describe written or spoken material.

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LITERATURE

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According to _____ of University of Sto. Tomas, Literature is “life which presents human experience”

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ARSENIA TAN

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It existed because there are people who wanted to express their feelings, emotions and experiences in writing.

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LITERATURE

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Literature is a powerful ____

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STRESS RELIEVER

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Literature fuels ____

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IMAGINATION

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Reading _____ improves concentration and focus

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LITERATURE

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Reading literature keeps the brain _____ and ____

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ACTIVE AND HEALTHY

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Literature expands a person’s ____

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VOCABULARY

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Reading _____ improves a person’s writing skills

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LITERATURE

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What are the steps for reading literature?

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PRE-VIEWING, HIGHLIGHTING, ANNOTATING

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To skim through the content and identify clues before you tackle the main body of the text

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PRE-VIEWING

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to draw attention to important information in a text.

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HIGHLIGHTING

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a deliberate interaction with a text with the aim of helping the reader to understand it more fully

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ANNOTATING

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It uses lines and stanzas

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POEM

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It is a composition usually written in verse. Rely heavily on imagery, precise word choice and metaphor.

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POEM

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they may take the form of measures consisting of patterns.

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POEM

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they may or may not utilize rhyme (free writing/free verse).

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POEM

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What are the elements of poetry?

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RHYME, RHYTHM, METER, REPETITION, ONOMATOPOEIA

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The regular recurrence of similar sounds usually at the end of lines

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RHYME

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like the beat in music, is the recurrence of pattern of sound

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RHYTHM

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Meter comes from the Greek word ____
METRON
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Metron means to _____
MEASURE
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It is the measure with which we count the beat of rhythm
METER
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indicate the number of measures or feet per line
DIMETER, TRIMESTER, TETRAMETER, AND PENTAMETER
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suggest that the rhythm rises from one or two unstressed syllables to a stressed syllable in a foot
IAMBIC AND ANAPESTIC
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indicate a falling rhythm, that is, from a stressed syllable to one or two unstressed syllables
TROCHAIC AND DACTYLIC
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repeated use of a sound, word, phrase, sentence, rhythmical pattern or grammatical pattern
REPETITION
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Different kinds of repetition
ALLITERATION, CONSONANCE, ASSONANCE, PARALLELISM
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repetition of initial consonant sounds
ALLITERATION
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repetition of internal consonant sounds
CONSONANCE
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repetition of vowel sounds
ASSONANCE
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repetition of grammatical patterns
PARALLELISM
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refers to words that sound like what they mean.
ONOMATOPOEIA
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What are the kinds of poetry?
NARRATIVE, LYRIC, HAIKU
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What are the types of narrative poetry?
EPIC, BALLAD, METRICAL TALE, METRICAL ROMANCE
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retells a narrative life and works of a heroic or mythological person or group of persons.
EPIC
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oldest form of literature since its known to be along the ancient history
EPIC
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songlike poem that tells a story dealing with adventure or romance
BALLAD
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employs repetition of a refrain
BALLAD
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it relates to real or imaginary events in simple, straightforward language, from a wide range of subjects, characters, life experience, and emotional situations
METRICAL TALE
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long narrative poem that presents remote or imaginative incidents rather than ordinary, realistic experience
METRICAL ROMANCE
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What are the types of lyric poetry?
SONG, SONNET, ELEGY, ODE, SIMPLE LYRIC
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lyric poem set to music and intended to sung
SONG
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a fourteen-line lyric poem focused on a single theme
SONNET
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a solemn and formal lyric poem about death. Commonly a tragic theme
ELEGY
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a long, formal lyric poem with a serious theme. It often honors people, commemorates events, responds to natural scenes, or considers serious human problems
ODE
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includes all lyric poems that do not fall under the four other types
SIMPLE LYRIC
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Haiku originated in ___
JAPAN
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It is a 700-year-old Japanese verse form. A three-line poem consists of seventeen syllables (5,7,5). Most of it deal with nature.
HAIKU
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an utterance not in its literal meaning but in its implication
FIGURES OF SPEECH
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Most of it became idiomatic expressions because it is widely used by many and became part of the vocabulary.
FIGURES OF SPEECH
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Is  a deviation from the ordinary use of words in order to increase their effectiveness
FIGURES OF SPEECH
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Want are the most commonly used figures of speech?
SIMILE, METAPHOR, PERSONIFICATION, METONYMY, HYPERBOLE, IRONY, OXYMORON, APOSTROPHE
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It comes from the Latin word “simile”
SIMILE
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“simile” means ____
SIMILAR
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It is a stated comparison between two things that are really different but share some common element.
SIMILE
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it is introduced by like, as, as if, than, similar to, resemble, etc
SIMILE
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Comes from the Greek word “methaphere”
METAPHOR
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“methaphere” means ____
CARRY OVER
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It is a suggested comparison between two unlike things without the use of as, as if, like
METAPHOR
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gives human qualities or attributes to an object, an animal or an idea.
PERSONIFICATION
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from the Greek prefix “meta” + root onoma, name + the noun suffix –y
METONYMY
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“meta” means ____
TO CHANGE
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it consists of the substitution of the literal noun for another which it suggests because it is somehow associated with it
METONYMY
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It is from the Greek prefix “hyper” + the root “ballein”
HYPERBOLE
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The Greek prefix “hyper” means
BEYOND
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The Greek root “ballein” means
TO THROW
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It is a deliberate overstatement or exaggeration – not to deceive, but to emphasize a statement – often for humorous effect
HYPERBOLE
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a statement of one idea, the opposite of which is meant
IRONY
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the combining of contraries to portray a particular image or to produce a striking effect
OXYMORON
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a direct address to an inanimate object, a dead person, or an idea
APOSTROPHE
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