Activity no.

2 : BREAK THE CODE

Decode each item by simply referring to the letter table hereunder. To break the
codes, just look for the opposite letter of the code to form the target word
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

1. Y-V-G-R-E-N-G-H-E-R 6. S-V-P-G-V-B-A
2. C-B-R-G-E-L 7. Q-E-N-Z-N
3. S-B-E-Z 8. A-B-A-S-V-P-G-V-B-A
4. C-E-B-F-R 9. E-U-L-G-U-Z
5. T-R-A-E-R 10. Y-N-A-T-H-N-T-R
 KINDS OF
LITERATURE
 3 KINDS OF LITERATURE

1. ORAL LORE

2. WRITEN LITERATURE

3. ELECTRONIC LITERATURE
FORMS AND
GENRES OF
LITERATURE
TWO MAJOR FORMS OF LITERATURE

1. PROSE

2. POETRY
A. PROSE

It is mainly ascribed to be composed freely.

This form does not have any measurements scheme
for it is known to have a free-flow of sentences.
It Ha greater irregularity and the language used in this
form is ordinary for it has a close resemblance to man’s
pattern of everyday speech.
NOVEL
1. A novel is a long, fictional narrative
which describes intimate human
experiences.
2. an invented prose narrative of
considerable length and a certain
complexity that deals imaginatively
with human experience, usually
through a connected sequence of
events involving a group of persons in
a specific setting.
SHORT STORY
 is a piece of prose fiction that typically can
be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-
contained incident or series of linked
incidents, with the intent of evoking a
"single effect" or mood.
 dictionary definition is "an invented prose
narrative shorter than a novel usually dealing
with a few characters and aiming at unity of
effect and often concentrating on the
creation of mood rather than plot.
DRAMA/STAGE PLAY
 A play is a form of literature written by
a playwright, usually consisting
of dialogue and singing
between characters, intended
for theatrical performance rather than
just reading.
 a play performed on stage rather than
broadcast or made into a movie.
MARCELINO AGANA, JR.
FABLE
 a succinct fictional story, in prose or verse,
that features animals, legendary
creatures, plants, inanimate objects, or
forces of nature that
are anthropomorphized (given human
qualities, such as the ability to speak human
language) and that illustrates or leads to a
particular moral lesson (a "moral"), which
may at the end be added explicitly as a
pithy maxim or saying.
LEGEND/FOLKLORE
 is a genre of folklore that consists
of a narrative featuring human
actions perceived or believed both
by teller and listeners to have
taken place within human history.
Narratives in this genre may
demonstrate human values, and
possess certain qualities that give
the tale verisimilitude.
PARABLE

a simple story used to

illustrate a moral or spiritual
lesson, as told by Jesus in the
Gospels.
ESSAY
generally, a piece of writing that
gives the author's own argument
— but the definition is vague,
overlapping with those of a paper,
an article, a pamphlet, and a short
story
have traditionally been sub-
classified as formal and informal.
BIOGRAPHY
 or simply bio, is a detailed
description of a person's life. It
involves more than just the basic
facts like education, work,
relationships, and death; it
portrays a person's experience of
these life events.
ANECDOTE

is a brief, revealing account

of an individual person or an
incident
a short and amusing or
interesting story about a real
incident or person.
NEWS
 is information about current events.
This may be provided through many
different media: word of
mouth, printing, postal
systems, broadcasting, electronic
communication, or through
the testimony of observers
and witnesses to events. It is also used
as a platform to manufacture opinion
for the population see propaganda.
SPEECH

the power of expressing

or communicating
thoughts by speaking.
expression of thoughts.
B. POETRY

A form of literature characterized by its highly

controlled manner of choosing.
Arranging language with the use of regulating devices
such for sound and rhythm to aesthetically convey a
meaning w/c may call for a specific emotional
response.
 RIDDLE
1. "Three eyes have I, all in a row;
 A riddle is
a statement or question when the red one opens, all freeze.“
or phrase having a 2. "No sooner spoken than broken.
double or veiled What is it?“
meaning, put forth as 3. I have a tail, and I have a head,
a puzzle to be solved. but i have no body. I am NOT a
snake. What am I?
 4 GENRES OF LITERATURE
1. POETRY
2. PROSE FICTION
3. DRAMA
4. NON-FICTION PROSE
1. POETRY

Ascribed as the most economical means of

expression.
Its beauty mainly forced by the intricate and careful
use of words, figurative expression, imagery, rhythm
and sound.
 LYRICS
1. Shakespeare  Lyric poetry is especially song-like and
emotional. Sonnets and odes are examples of
2. Christine de Pizan poems that are lyrical in nature. Lyric poems do
3. Teresa of Ávila not tell a story, but focus on more personal
4. Antonio Machado emotions, attitudes, and the author's state of
5. T. S. Eliot mind.
6. John Keats  A piece of writing in which the expression of
feelings and ideas is given intensity by particular
7. Elizabeth Barrertt attention to diction (sometimes involving
Browning rhyme), rhythm, and imagery.
 SONGS

Song poem usually refers to song lyrics that have been

set to music for a fee. This practice, which has long
been disparaged in the music industry, was also known
as song sharking and was conducted by several businesses
throughout the 20th century in North America.
 SONNETS
 From the Italian sonetto, which
means “a little sound or song," the
sonnet is a popular classical form
that has compelled poets for
centuries. Traditionally, the sonnet
is a fourteen-line poem written in
iambic pentameter, which employ
one of several rhyme schemes and
adhere to a tightly structured
thematic organization.
sonnets of all time from William Shakespeare.
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed,
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature's changing course
untrimmed:
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st,
Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st,
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
 ODES  Elizabeth Barrett Browning's famous How Do I Love
Thee is yet another famous example
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
It is an elaborately My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace
structured poem prai I love thee to the level of everyday's
sing or glorifying an Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
event or individual, I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
describing nature In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith
intellectually as well I love thee with a love I seem to love
With my lost saints, - I love thee with the breath,
as emotionally. Smiles, tears, of all my life! - and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.
 ELEGY

elegy is a sad poem, usually written to praise and express

sorrow for someone who is dead. Although a speech at a
funeral is a eulogy, you might later compose an elegy to
someone you have loved and lost to the grave. The purpose
of this kind of poem is to express feelings rather than tell a
story.
2. PROSE FICTION

Mainly characterized by scholars as any literary work that is

an imaginative recreation and reconstruction of life.
It recounts the flow and development of actions and events
involving an identified number of characters who deal and
react to certain conflicts and human issues.
3. DRAMA

It involves stories concerning significant human

encounters w/c are intended to be performed on stage.
It involve a certain number of characters who also
deal w/ some complications and issues.
It present fictional or imaginative events presented or
portrayed by actors and actresses before an audience.
4. NON-FICTION PROSE

It mainly attempts to present, to interpret,

or to described facts.
With such, judgements, opinions, and
commentaries may be framed and expressed
in the form of essays, feature articles,
editorials and the like.
 Activity no. 4: Do it in your Notebook
A. Think and Reflect
Answer the Following questions:
1. Why is it necessary for a students like you
to be familiar of the forms and genres of
literary?
2. Which between poetry and prose do you
feel comfortable of reading? Explain your
choice.