Understanding Literature

How many forms of Literature are there?

• 1

• 2

• 3

Fiction is all about...

• made-up or imaginary characters or places.

• Writing that can be proven.

Non-fiction is all about...

• Made-up or imaginary characters and places.

• Writings that can be proven.

The three genres of Literature are ...

• Prose

  Poetry

  Drama

• Entertainment

  Education

  Information

• Fiction

  Essays

  Stories

Characters in a story are...

• persons, animals or things that perform actions in the story.

• events in the story

• the problem

Three examples of prose are:

• poetry

  drama

  fiction

• Fairy tales

  newspaper articles

  textbooks

• entertainment

  education

  information

The setting of a story tells us...

• time and place

• the sun

• how the story ends

Fairy tales are all about...

• magic and magical creatures

• music

• beautiful dresses

An adage is..

• something used to measure someone's age

• A proverb or statement about something that is true

• years in someone's life

What is Literature?

• A subject in school.

• English B

• A body of work written for different purposes.