A 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 ...
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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 IT> It is a story about magic and legendary deeds. > It is a children’s story involving magical events, imaginary creatures, and lands. > It is a story usually for children, about dwarfs, dragons, elves, fairies, witches, giants, or other ...
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 ITIt is a long 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 in form of a ...
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 ITLiterature exists in two forms: Oral literature and written literature. Oral literature Oral literature refers to literature which is disseminated/transmitted or spread by word of mouth. It refers to any form of verbal art which ...
What is Literature ?
LEARN ITLiterature, as a term, etymologically comes from Latin “litaritura/litteratura” which means “writing formed with letters”. “Litteratura” also comes from “litera/littera” which signifies “letter or handwriting”. The term was used to refer to all written accounts. The concept has changed meaning over ...
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LEARN ITCLASS: SENIOR ONE COURSE CONTENTS UNIT I: INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY GENRES: FICTION AND NON-FICTIONUNIT II: INTRODUCTION TO PROSE: PLOT, SETTING & CHARACTERSUNIT III: INTRODUCTION TO POETRYUNIT IV: THEMES AND MESSAGES IN POETRYUNIT V: LANGUAGE USE IN POETRYUNIT VI: INTRODUCTION TO ...