Last updated on September 19th, 2023 at 11:22 amLast updated on September 19th, 2023 at 11:22 amKey aspects of prose are the basic elements on which the story is built upon. Those key aspects of prose include plot, setting, ...
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What is a diary?
LEARN ITA record (originally in handwriting) with discrete entries arranged by date reporting on what happened over the course of the day or other period. It is also a daily record of personal activities, reflections, or feelings. A diary can also ...
What is an autobiography?
LEARN ITIt is a story of the author’s own life written by him or a self-written account of the life of oneself. Autobiography is one type of biography, which tells a life story of its author, meaning it is a written ...
What is a biography?
LEARN ITIt is an account (story) of a person’s life written by someone else. A biography/bio is simply an account or detailed description about a person’s life. It involves more than just the basic facts like as childhood, education, career, relationships, ...
What is a fable?
LEARN IT> It is a short story that features animals and conveys a specific moral lesson. > It is a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral. > It is a short tale to teach a moral lesson, ...
What is a fairy tale?
LEARN ITLast updated on September 19th, 2021 at 01:26 pmLast updated on September 19th, 2021 at 01:26 pm> It is a story about magic and legendary deeds. > It is a children’s story involving magical events, imaginary creatures, and lands. ...
What is a short story?
LEARN ITIt is a brief fictional work of narrative prose that is shorter than a novella, or a fictional prose narrative that is shorter than a novella. It is also an invented prose narrative shorter than a novel usually dealing with ...
What is a novella?
LEARN ITA novella is a short novel. It is a written, fictional, prose narrative normally longer than a short story but shorter than a novel. It is also a short novel or a long short story. Examples √ ...
What is a novel?
LEARN ITLast updated on April 22nd, 2022 at 04:11 pmLast updated on April 22nd, 2022 at 04:11 pmIt is a long work of narrative fiction normally in prose, and typically published as a book. The novel is also a type ...
Prose literary works (novel, novella, short story, fairy tale, fable, auto/biography, diary)
LEARN ITa. A novel It is along work of narrative fiction normally in prose, and typically published as a book. The novel is also a type of prose; which is a long narrative that describes fictional characters and events ...
Main genres of Literature.
LEARN ITThe word “genre” refers to a kind or a category of literature. Written literature is divided into three broad genres or categories based on how or the way words are written and sometimes on the kind of meaning an author ...
Forms of literature – Oral and written literature
LEARN ITLast updated on August 5th, 2024 at 03:15 pmLast updated on August 5th, 2024 at 03:15 pm Literature exists in two forms: Oral literature and written literature. Oral literature Oral literature refers to literature ...
What is Literature ?
LEARN ITLast updated on September 16th, 2021 at 11:42 am Last updated on September 16th, 2021 at 11:42 am Literature, as a term, etymologically comes from Latin “litaritura/litteratura” which means “writing formed with letters”. “Litteratura” also comes from “litera/littera” which signifies “letter ...