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___ is the art of combining spoken or written words and their meanings into forms which have artistic and emotional appeal.

Literature

____ is the medium of literature.

Language

Not all writings which use language, however, can be called ____.

Literature

The ___ uses words to build up his compositions.

writer

The ___ are used in combination with other words and arranged in certain patterns to suggest feelings and images.

words

“___” only refers to works that exploit the suggestive power of language.

Literature

In literature the ___ that are used have a definite meaning but the writer can give words alternate meanings based on the context of the piece.

words

In literature the words that are used have a definite meaning but the __ can give words alternate meanings based on the context of the piece.

writer

The beauty of a literary piece can only be appreciated by one who understands the language in which it was written including where the writer is '__ _.'

coming from

Any type of writing in any subject may be considered a form of literature as _short_ as it is artistically done thus, making the work worth remembering.

False

For instance, the literary theme can be of a country or a historical period expressed in the form of poetry, essay, novel or works of the writer's imagination.

True

Such writings are characterized by beauty of expression and form, and excellence of style that appeals to both the readers' intellect and emotions ("Literature", 2018).

True

For example, novels in the romance section inform readers what the theme of the work is and, therefore, what it is that they expect to read.

True

Written works that share similar characteristics are said to belong to the _various_ genre. In literature, there are four main genres.

False

All poems share similar characteristics which makes it easy for the reader to recognize them.

Poetry

For instance, poems are written in lines and not in sentences or paragraph form.

Poetry

___ used to follow strict rules as to the number and length of lines and stanzas but in recent years they have become more free-flowing.

Poems

___ is characterized by an abundance of figurative language. Poets use devices like simile, metaphor, hyperbole, rhyme, and others.

Poetry

___ emphasis is on imagination, emotions, and ideas.

Poetry

____ is shorter than other genres but a type known as epic poetry is quite long.

Poetry

___ has no formal metrical structure.

Prose

It exhibits a natural flow of speech and ordinary grammatical structure.

Prose

Contrary to poems which are written in stanzas, ___ is written in paragraph form.

Prose

This is any written work that is not real and which uses elaborate figurative language.

Fiction

___ is divided into chapters.

Fiction

Since ___ is based on the writer's creativity and imagination, the subject matter can be anything.

Fiction

The work can be of the past, present or future. It can be based on fantasy or ideas of everyday living. Some examples of works of fiction are legends, folk tales, fairy tales, short stories, and any type of novels (mystery, romance, horror and inspirational).

Fiction

This is the opposite of fiction because the subject matter comes from real life.

Nonfiction

___ works are all based on real people and real world experiences.

Nonfiction

Some examples include biographies, autobiographies, and essays.

Nonfiction

Figurative language used are common phrases of everyday people.

Nonfiction

These works are written in prose and divided into chapters.

Nonfiction

___ books are true, well-researched, verified accounts of history, politics, wars, science, or technology, designed to inform or propose new theories and discussions.

Nonfiction

Examples are the Game of Thrones series by George Martin, Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom, The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery and Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

Fiction

Examples are The Conjugal Dictatorship by Primitivo Mijares and Diana: Her True Story by Andrew Morton.

Nonfiction

Long fictional prose divided into chapters

Novel

Prose fiction that revolves around a single main incident

Short Story

contains characters that can’t normally talk

Fable

stories that are passed down about how or why something came to be.

Myth

short composition with a single subject that reflects personal view

Essay

account of someone’s life story that is written by an author who is not the subject of the book.

Biography

Involves an individual narrating their own life experiences.

Autobiography

This genre includes all plays or any written works that are meant to be performed.

Drama

This type of literature is written with the intention of being performed for an audience.

Drama

Famous examples are the plays of Shakespeare like Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Midsummer Night's Dream and Florante at Laura by Francisco Baltazar

Drama

__ is basically one of the genres of literature that is written primarily to be performed.

Drama

The performance is done by actors, on stage before a live audience.

Drama

overall structure of the play. It is concerned with what the story is all about. Traditional __ have a beginning, a middle and an ending.

Plot

locale and period in which the story takes place.

Setting

It includes the scenery, props and costumes used in staging.

Setting

It is the background of the play that informs the audience where and when the story will take place.

Setting

The part that familiarizes the audience with the characters and the situation they are in.

Exposition

This introduces the setting of the story.

Exposition

It also initiates the development of the conflict and suggests foreshadowing or presentation of scenes that creates a feeling that something bad is going to happen.

Exposition

it develops the conflict that was started in the exposition.

Rising action

sometimes used to enhance the characters and shed more light to the conflict.

Flashbacks

As the conflict develops, it reaches a height called the ___ where a turning point is expected.

Climax

also called the anticlimax or the part where conditions in the story are normalized and the situation becomes stable.

Resolution

It is the part where a transition happens from a critical event to a ___ and the story ends.

Resolution

the persons involved in the story.

Characters

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