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The document defines the three major types of literature - prose, poetry, and drama. Prose uses paragraphs and natural speech, aiming to entertain and convince readers. Poetry expresses thoughts imaginatively using figurative language and aesthetics. It is metered and meant to excite readers. Drama refers to plays performed by actors taking on different characters to develop a story and conflict through storytelling.

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The document defines the three major types of literature - prose, poetry, and drama. Prose uses paragraphs and natural speech, aiming to entertain and convince readers. Poetry expresses thoughts imaginatively using figurative language and aesthetics. It is metered and meant to excite readers. Drama refers to plays performed by actors taking on different characters to develop a story and conflict through storytelling.

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Ildefonso, Princess A.

BSED English 3A

CLOSURE ACTIVITY

Definition of the Three Major Types of Literature

Prose
 It is a from of written language that is not metered and does not rhyme. They usually
use in novels, essays, and other types of nonfiction writing.
 It is a written in paragraph form with basic grammatical structure where it follows the
natural pattern found in everyday speech.
 Its primary purpose is to entertain and convince. The writer feels comfortable in
expressing and narrating ideas because it is straightforward.

Poetry
 It is either written down or spoken orally, it is characterized by an imaginative and
attractive expression of one’s thoughts.
 It is an art itself because it is figurative and it expresses aesthetics of nature, human,
and emotions.
 It is a rhythmical type of literary composition that usually serves to excite the readers.
It is metrical which means that poems are metered or structured.

Drama
 Ir refers to a play performed on the stage, television , or radio.
 The actors act out an event playing different characters. It tends to be more character-
centered than plot-centered.
 It is about storytelling in general. It is basically the development of characters and a
conflict.
VENN DIAGRAM

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