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literature types of poetry

- comes from the latin word litera which
means letter
• lyric
- anything that is printed thats related to - melody and emotion, unified expression

the ideas and feelings of people, it can 1. song

be true or a product of one's imagination

- sung or can be easily set to music

2. elegy

standards of literature - lament expression of mourning or death

1. permanence
3. ode

- the literature should last

- expresses lofty praise for person, object,
2. universal
event, idea or thing

- it must suit the taste of a range of people

4. sonnet

3. artistry
- 14 lines with a formal rhyming scheme or
- should appeal to our creative side
pattern

4. intellectually valuable

- inform us, help us understand our lives • narrative

and realize the truth
- tells a story following a chronology of
5. suggestiveness
events

- captures the reader's imagination by 1. ballad

making them think about what they are - uses dialogue

reading and engaging them into the story

- tells a simple story

6. spiritual value
- repeats words and phrases

- have an underlying moral message that - regular rhyme

can potentially makes us better people

2. metrical tale

7. style
- relates to real or imaginary events in
- style of the author
simple, straight forward language

3. metrical romance

types of literature - love story about knights and lords and

1. prose
their highborn ladies (chivalry)

- fiction/nonfiction
4. epic

- books, stories, passages

- exploits of a traditional hero and
- paragraphs
development of a nation

- story elements

- main ideas + details

• drama
1. dramatic monologue

2. poetry
- single character at a critical moment

- stanzas/ shapes
- addresses one or more present but not
- rhyme/rythm
talking

- figurative language
2. soliloquy

- paints pictures in your head

- no one present to hear the character

- doesn't always follow rules

3. character sketch

- poets serve as an observer/commenter

3. drama

- script to act out

summarizing
- shows speakers
- a condensed version that covers the
- list of characters/ props
main points

- scenery

- tells how to feel or act

paraphrasing
- to rephrase a sentence that you
borrowed from someone by changing
the structure and using synonyms

types of prose APA

- American Psychological Association

• fiction - promulgate guidelines for students

1. short story

- focused on oneself contained event

book in print
2. novella
- Author, A. (Year of Publication). Title

- shorter than a full length novel

of work. Publisher city, State:

3. novel
Publisher.

- complicated story/complex story

ebook
• non fiction - Author, A. (year of Publication). Title
1. essay
of work [E – Retrieved Version].
- aims to explain and elucidate an idea, Retrieved from http://xxxx or DOI:
theory, impression, or point of view
xxxx
a. formal- serious, important topic

b. informal- any topic, interest is the

personality of the author
book found in a database
2. oration
- Author, A. (Year of Publication). Title
- convey ideas clearly and forcefully
of work. Retrieved from http://xxxx
3. biography
or DOI:xxxx

- record of human life written by someone

else
newspaper in print
4. auto biography
- Author, A. (Year, Month Date of

- record of human life written by the Publication). Article title. Newspaper

person itself
Title, pp. xx-xx.
- its more revealing

5. memoirs

- significant events in which the author online newspaper article

was a witness or participant
- Author, A. (Year, Month Date of
Publication). Article title. Newspaper
main idea Title, Retrieved from newspaper
- it is the controlling idea
URL
- the supporting details tell more about the
main idea
pdf periodical
- Author.(Year, Month). Title of article
skimming [pdf

- when you want to read something file] Title of online periodical, Vol.

quickly to get the general idea

no(issue no.if available), pages.
Retrieved from

scanning
- when you want to read something images from websites
quickly to find a specific piece of - Author/Artist. (Year of image creation).

information
Description or title image[image
format]. Retrieved from
https:example.com

ways to cite
1. brief in-text citations
general website
- often in parenthesis within the body of - Author, A. (Year, Month Date of
the essay or paper

2. reference pages
Publication). Article title. Retrieved
list of citations at the back of the page
from URL

• why you should cite sources general website without author

1. identifies sources
- Article title. (Year, Month Date of
2. gives credit
Publication). Retrieved from URL
3. to follow up on or retrieve this material

4. to avoid changes of plagiarism