Literature: Elements and types ||| Textual Aids

Literature

Refers to written works, especially those considered to have artistic or intellectual value like novels, plays, or poems.

Fiction

Any creative work that are imaginary or in ways that are imaginary.

Non-fiction

Any publication or piece of media that presents information only about the real world.

Plot

The cause-and-effect sequence of main events in a story.

Character

A person, animal, being, creature, or thing in a story.

Setting

The time and place of the story.

Point of view

The writer's way of deciding who is telling the story to whom.

Theme

Defined as a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work
which is conveyed by an author and interpreted by a reader.

Poetry

A kind of literature that use the aesthetic and frequently rhythmic aspects of language to evoke meanings in addition to or instead of a prosaic apparent meaning.

Drama

Combines elements of prose and poetry into plays that are usually intended to be performed on stage. It portrays fictional or non-fictional stories.

Short story

Sometimes known as a novel, is a work of prose fiction that is intended to evoke a particular feeling or impact.

Fable

A type of literature that consists of a brief, fictional story in prose or verse that humanizes animals, mythical beings, inanimate objects, or nature in order to illustrate or convey a particular moral lesson.

Textual aids

Refers to written text, prints, and some other way of writing for important word, graphs, or even pictures.

Title

Refers to the name of a text.

Advance Graphic Organizers

known as text features are the visual displays of key content information.

Concept Map

A general organizer that shows a central idea with its corresponding characteristics.

Flow/Sequence Chart

Shows a series of steps or events in the order in which they take place.

Venn Diagram

Used to identify the similarities and differences between two or more concepts.

Timeline Events

Listed in linear format in the order that event occured.

Cause and Effect Diagram

Deals with the connection of reason and result of something.

Non-linear illustrations

Help to systemize the generation of ideas based upon a central topic.

Diagram

A series of pictures with captions showing steps, stages, or the progression of events, explains steps in a process or how something is made.

Storyboard

Composed of series of boxes with pictures or illustrations about the events happened in the story/text.