1. WHAT IS LITERATURE? 1

2. Why study literature? 2

3. GENRES OF LITERATURE 3

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6. a lengthy fictitious prose narrative portraying characters and presenting an organized series of events and settings 6

7. the way in which the narrative events are arranged. (the sequence of events) 7

8. a fictional representation of a person (or animal). 8

9. the angle from which a story is told 9

10. the way a writer selects and arranges words to express ideas 10

11. the leading character of a drama, novel, etc. This is not always the hero, but is always the principal and central character whose rival is the antagonist. 11

12. a struggle between two opposing forces 12

13. the state of feeling created by a work of literature. 13

14. the time and place of the action 14

15. the central message or insight into life 15

16. the attitude of the speaker or author of a work toward the subject matter 16

17. a fictional narrative generally centering on one event and usually developing only a single character in depth 17

18. person, place or object that has a literal meaning, but stands for something else 18