Types of Poetry and Short Story Elements

A set of vocabulary flashcards covering poetry types such as Allegory and Heroic Poetry, along with elements of short stories and plot structure as found in the lecture notes.

Sermon

A talk on religious subject or moral subject.

ALLEGORY

Used to express more abstract and complicated ideas that is easier to understand by the reader litre a child's story.

Heroic Poetry

Details the life of a hero as he battles supernatural enemies and fights in wars.

CHRISTIAN POETRY

Poems about the lives of saints

LYRIC POETRY

Expresses emotions and personal feeling of the speaker to the subject of the poem

Songs

Usually have theme of crimes, executions and disasters such as shipwrecks and mining accidents

PLOT

sequence of events in a story

THEME

Expression of a central idea, message or purpose of the story AKA Moral lesson

1st POV

Telling story based what you see.

2nd POV

Story is being told by the reader

3rd POV

Told by the narrator

FIVE PARTS of PLOT

Introduction, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Ending