Literature in English

Literature in English

Definition of Literature: Literature is defined as pieces of writing through creating and imagination for the society to feel, see and taste. It could be on religion, politics, culture and any other society norm. The piece of writing could be in Novel, Poetry or Drama.

Literary Genres: This is the form that the piece of writing could be classified into and they are three: Prose, Poetry and Drama.

1. Prose: is a piece of writing in form of narration and it involved narration, description and it has plot that is series of events, which make up the story. Theme the main subject of the story style the way the author makes his characters real to the public and the atmosphere. Prose is written in chapters which is divided into paragraphs. Prose could be either fiction or notification.
2. Drama: Drama is piece or play meant to be acted on stage or pen area. It is referred to as the mirror of life in particular of a society or any other thing. Drama is written in acts scenes which is done of dialogues.
3. Poetry: is an act of writing that reveals or hews an idea in a compressed form. Poetry is usually written in stanzas and imagery is used hero.

 Characteristics of Each Literary Genres

Characteristics of Prose

1. It is written in chapters which is made up paragraphs
2. It is a long narration of a story

Diphthongs

Diphthongs are sounds produced on double nuclei. The most important features of a diphthong is that it contains a glide from one vowel quality to another. In other words, the tongue moves from one vowel position to another in producing such a sound. There are eight diphthong sounds in English language.

The diphthongs are divided into two:

(i)  Closing diphthongs and

(ii) Centering diphthongs

Closing diphthongs – These are words produce when the tongue moves towards the close and half close vowels that is /i/ and /u/. the closing diphthongs are five in number. These are

(13)        /ei/ days, reign, rain, pay, bail etc.

(14)        /    / e.g. goat, note, go, toe, fold etc.

(15)        /    / e.g. I, high, by, buy, cry, write, rice etc.

(16)        /    / e.g. found, doubt, loud, now, cow, grown etc.

(17)        /    / e.g. toy, boy, avoid, voice, soil, coil, oil, boil etc.

The remaining three diphthongs are centering diphthongs which are vowel sound  produced when the tongue moves from any other or particular vowel area towards the central vowel /   /. These centering diphthongs are.

(18)        /      / e.g. dear, fear, cheer, beard, year, steer

(19)        /  / e.g. rare, fare, air, here, stare, bare etc

(20)         /     / e.g. more, pure, tour etc.