two main divisions of literature

1. Two Main Division of
Literature
Prose and Poetry

2. PROSEFICTION AND NON-FICTION

3. KINDS OF PROSE
1.PROSE DRAMA –consist of dialogues, acted
on stage
2.ESSAY – expository composition (thoughts,
feeling and observation)
3.NOVEL – long fictitious narrative (complicated
plot, chapters)
4.SHORT STORY – narrative, one unit (plot,
time, place and action)

4. KINDS OF PROSE
5. BIOGRAPHY- story of person’s life
6. LETTER - message (formal and informal)
7. DIARY – daily record (experiences,
thoughts and activities)
8. ANECDOTE – brief narrative concerning
particular individual or incident.

5. KINDS OF PROSE
9. CHARACTER SKETCH – a short
description of the qualities or traits of a
person.
10. PARABLE – a short tale from the Bible
11. BOOK REVIEW – article dealing with
contents/ critiquing a book (format)

6. KINDS OF PROSE
12. EULOGY – a writing praise of a dead
person, event or thing
13. SPEECH – delivered to an audience
14. ORATION – eloquent, rhetorical
sometimes, speech delivered on some special
occasion
15. JOURNAL – a magazine or periodical

7. POETRY

8. KINDS OF POETRY
1. NARRATIVE POETRY – tells a story.
a. EPIC – tale about hero (war, tribal, conquest, struggles)
b. METRICAL ROMANCE - story of adventure, love
and chivalry.
c. METRICAL TALE – single series of connecting event
that are simple.
d. BALLAD – short narrative poem, simple meter and
stanzas, intended to be sung.

9. KINDS OF POETRY2. LYRIC POETRY – lyre, personal in nature
–express author’s feelings, thoughts, moods
and reflection.
a. ODE- the most majestic, spirit of praise of
some persons or things.
b. ELEGY – death person
c. SONG – regular metrical patterm set to
music.

10. KINDS OF POETRY
d. CORRIDOS – narrate a historical event
e. SONNET – 14 lines in a stanza
f. PASTORAL POEMS – theme about nature,
environment and life in the countryside
3. DRAMATICC POETRY – ordinary drama,
act on stage, employ meter, rhyme and rhythm