LITERATURE

literature

any written work / can be a key to the past

prose

uses pattern (lines and stanzas)

poetry

verse, measure, rhythm, sound, imaginative language (stanzas and paragraph)

narrative

tells a story (epic, ballad, metrical tale, awit, corrido)

lyric

intended to be sang (song, ode, elegy, sonnet, idyll)

legend

origin

short story and novel

length

novella

in between (longer than short story, shorter than novel)

fable

animals

parable

bible

biography

other person

autobiography

self

history

past events

anecdote

a lesson to be shared

plot

what makes the story (Freytag’s Pyramid)

character

individuals

round

bad to good

static

bad to bad

setting

time, place, weather

pov

perspective

theme

idea

drama

it is performed (dialogue, script, stage directions)

tragedy

tragic/sad

comedy

happy/light

melodrama

serious/near death

farce

exaggerated comedy

social play

satire/social issues

conflict

heartbeat

internal

within, charac vs self, feeling, decisions

charac vs charac

man vs self

charac vs superpower

paranormal

charac vs society

romeo & juliet

charac vs nature

suffering of natural calamity

charac vs tech

ai

charac vs fate/destiny

up to us

3rd person omniscient

knows everyone’s thoughts nd feelings (all characters)

3rd person limited

knows only one character’s feeling nd thoughts (or some charac only)

3rd person objective

only shows observable actions (what can be seen and heard only)

news

info about real events

diary

a personal record of a person’s daily experience

essay

piece of writing (shares writer’s ideas, opinions, etc)

plot

sequence of events that makes the story

characters & characterization

characters can be flat or round and static or dynamic

dynamic

evolving

flat

simple

exposition

the introduction

rising action

builds tension and develop conflict

climax

turning point of the story

falling action

consequence of the climax

denouement

resolve the conflict and end of the story