Subject: CREATIVE NON-FICTION Subject Teacher: Lerramie J.

Bato

Section: GRADE 12- GAS

LESSON 1

Introduction to Literary Genres

LITERATURE- Derived from the Latin litteratura meaning "writing formed with letters," literature is most commonly
refers to works of the creative imagination, including poetry, drama, fiction, nonfiction, journalism, and in some
instances, song.

⚫ A GENRE is a particular type of literature, painting, music, film, or other art form which people consider as a
class because it has special characteristics.

Major Genres
 Poetry
 Drama (Plays)
 Fiction
 Non Fiction

FICTION -A written stories about people and events that are not real: literature that tell stories which are imagined by the
writer.

Elements of Fiction

1. Character- Person in a work of fiction/ characteristics of a person (protagonist/ antagonist).

2. Setting- refers to place, time, weather condition, and even mood or atmosphere.

3. Point of view- How the character is told- more specifically who tells it?

4. Plot- It is the sequence of events in a story or a play.

5. Theme- the central dominating idea.

6. Voice and dialogue- this is how speech is rendered in a story, either as the narrator talking to the reader, or the
characters talking to each other’s.

DRAMA- is a composition in prose form that presents a story entirely told in a dialogue and action and written with the
intention of its eventual performance before an audience.

1. Plot- The events in play.

2. Setting-Time and place of a literary work.

3. Characters- People or creatures in a play.

4. Dialogue- conversation in a play.

5. Theme- The central thought of a play; the idea or ideas with which a play deals.

6. POINT OF VIEW- refers to who is telling a story, or who is narrating it. The narration of a story or novel can be
told in three main ways: first person, second person, and third person.

POETRY- Prose that resembles a poem in some respect, as in vivid imagery or rhythmic sound.
 1. METER- in poetry means the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables found in a poem.
2. STANZA- Stanzas refer to series of lines grouped together and separated by a space from other stanzas.
3. LINES- A line is a subdivision of a poem, specifically a group of words arranged into a row that ends for a reason
other than the right-hand margin.
4. RHYME- The word “rhyme” refers to the pattern of similar sounding words used in writing.
5. Rhythm- a regular pattern of sounds or movements.
6. TONE- Overall impression the poem makes
The emotion conveyed by the poem
Affected by the writer’s choice of words
7. THEME
8. The main idea or GENERAL TOPIC of the poem

NON FICTION- The branch of literature comprising works of narrative prose dealing with or offering opinions or
conjectures upon facts and reality, including biography, history and essay.

⚫ Deals only with real people, events, or idea.

⚫ Narrated from point of view, or perspective of the author, who is a real person.

⚫ Nonfiction presents facts or discusses concepts.

⚫ It may reflect historical context of the time period, including references to major social and