L1 Flashcards
LITERATURE IS DERIVED FROM WHAT LATIN WORD?
LITERA
WRITTEN OR ORAL WORKS
LITERATURE
IT IS AN ORDINARY ESSAY
PROSE
LATIN WORD OF PROSE
PROSA ORATIO - STRAIGHTFORWARD
2 SUBDIVISIONS OF PROSE
FICTION AND NON FICTION
6 TYPES OF ESSAY
FORMAL, INFORMAL, CRITIQUE/CRITICAL, BIOGRAPHY, AUTOBIOGRAPHY. TRAVELOGNE
IT CAN BE EXPRESSED THROUGH MEANING SOUND AND RHYTHMIC LANGUAGE CHOICE TO EVOKE EMOTIONAL FEELINGS
POETRY
IT IS A JAPANESE POEM CONSISTS OF 3 LINES WITH 17 SYLLABLES (5-7-5)
HAIKU
14 LINES WRITTEN IN IAMBIC PENTAMETER
SONNET
5 LINES WITH 31 SYLLABLES
TANKA
3 ELEMENTS OF POETRY
a) Speaker / persona - the one who’s speaking
b) Tone - attitude towards subject
c) Rhyme scheme - repetition
BRIEF NARATIVE PROSE
SHORT STORY
LONG NARATIVE PROSE
NOVELS
deals with serious topics
FORMAL ESSAY
uses colloquial words
INFORMAL ESSAY
interpreting works of others
Critical Essay
written by the author, the topic is different life
BIOGRAPHY
written by author, about author.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
informs vicarious experiences
TRAVELOGNE
BASED ON AUTHORS IMAGINATION
FICTION
BASED ON REAL EVENTS
NON - FICTION