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Comparative - correct answers perceptible by comparison; relative
Literature - correct answers written works, especially those considered
of superior or lasting artistic merit.
prose and poetry - correct answers 2 types of literature
Prose - correct answers a form of written or spoken language that
follows the natural flow of speech instead of metrical structure. It is a
major form of literature; both fiction and nonfiction are included.
Novels - correct answers a long prose narrative that usually describes
fictional characters and events in the form of a sequential story. It rests
on the consensus that the ___________ is today the longest genre of
narrative prose, followed by the novella, novelette and the short story.
Short story - correct answers is a piece of prose fiction that can typically
be read in a single sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or
, series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or
mood.
Biography - correct answers an account of someone's life written by
someone else
Autobiography - correct answers sometimes informally called an
autobio, is a self-written biography of one's own life.
Memoirs - correct answers is any nonfiction narrative writing based on
the author's personal memories. The assertions made in the work are
thus understood to be factual.
Fable - correct answers usually featuring animals that behave or speak
as human beings,told in order to highlight human follies and
weaknesses. A moral- or lesson for behavior- is woven into the story
and often explicitly formulated at the end.
Parable - correct answers illustrates one or more instructive lessons or
principles. It differs from a fable employ animals, plants, inanimate
objects, or forces of nature as characters, whereas ________ have
human characters.
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