This document discusses different types of literature and the English language. It defines literature as creative works intended to evoke emotion, such as poetry, drama, fiction, and some nonfiction. There are two types of literature: oral, which is passed down verbally, and written. It also outlines the basic parts of speech used in the English language. Finally, it discusses the importance of English as a global language of business and identifies three types of English: native-speaker level, international English, and English understood between non-native speakers with the same first language.

1. Definition: What is literature? Why do we read it? Why is literature important?
Literature is a term used to describe written or spoken material. Broadly speaking, "literature" is used
to describe anything from creative writing to more technical or scientific works, but the term is most
commonly used to refer to works of the creative imagination, including works of poetry, drama,
fiction, and nonfiction.
What are the two types of literature?
Two types of literature are written and oral. Oral literature includes ballads, folklore,
jokes and fables that are passed down by word of mouth. Written literature includes
poetry and novels, with subsections for fiction, prose, myth, short story and novel.
A folk ballad is usually impersonal. These stories are short narratives and are meant to
be sung. Love, death and the supernatural are popular themes. Incremental repetition
advances the action in small but significant ways. A ballad stanza contains four lines.
They present brief descriptions, use concise dialogue and end abruptly. A literary
ballad, however, purposefully imitates the form and spirit of a ballad but is longer and
more involved. An example of a literary ballad is Longfellow's "The Wreck of the
Hesperus."
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What are the two divisions of literature?
The two divisions of literature are prose and poetry. While prose is written in a
straightforward manner to appeal to the reader's intellect, poetry has a more rhythmic,
imaginative tone used to awaken the reader's emotion.
Prose is written in paragraph form and is meant to reflect common, everyday language.
The chief objectives of prose are to inform or educate the reader, or instruct the reader
to do something. Examples of prose include a novel, essay, letter or biography.
Poetry is written in verse form, with the express intent to appeal to the reader's emotion.
It relies heavily on the use of metaphors and abstract language to encourage the
readers to use their imagination. Examples of poetry include a ballad, an epic, a sonnet
or a song.
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2. Parts of Speech
part of
speech
function
or "job"
example
words
example sentences
Verb action or
state
(to) be,
have, do,
like,
work,
sing,
can,
must
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Noun thing or
person
pen, dog,
work,
music,
town,
London,
teacher,
John
This is my dog. He
lives in my house. We
live in London.
Adjective describes a
noun
a/an,
the, 2,
some,
good,
big, red,
well,
interestin
g
I have two dogs. My
dogs are big. I
like bigdogs.
Adverb describes a
verb,
adjective
quickly,
silently,
well,
My dog eats quickly.
When he
is veryhungry, he

3. or adverb badly,
very,
really
eats reallyquickly.
Pronoun replaces a
noun
I, you,
he, she,
some
Tara is Indian. She is
beautiful.
Prepositio
n
links a
noun to
another
word
to, at,
after, on,
but
We
went to school onMond
ay.
Conjunctio
n
joins
clauses or
sentences
or words
and, but,
when
I like dogs and I like
cats. I like
cats anddogs. I like
dogs but I don't like
cats.
Interjectio
n
short
exclamatio
n,
sometimes
inserted
into a
sentence
oh!,
ouch!,
hi!, well
Ouch! That hurts! Hi!
How are you? Well, I
don't know.

4. Importance of the English
Language
A language is a systematic means ofcommunication bythe use of sounds or conventional symbols.It is the code we
all use to express ourselves and communicate to others.It is a communication byword of mouth.It is the mental
faculty or power of vocal communication.Itis a system for communicating ideas and feelings using sounds,gestures,
signs or marks.Any means ofcommunicating ideas,specifically,human speech,the expression ofideas by the voice
and sounds articulated bythe organs of the throat and mouth is a language.This is a system for communication.A
language is the written and spoken methods ofcombining words to create meaning used bya particular group of
people
English language comes to our aid in our commercial transactions throughoutthe globe.English is the language of
the latestbusiness managementin the world and Indian proficiency in English has broughtlaurels to manyIndian
business managers.English is a means notonlyfor international commerce;ithas become increasinglyessential for
inter-state commerce and communication.
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English Words Used Daily Life
1. Hush
(n) : silence
2. Hush (v) : make silent
3. Hush (adj.) : still, calm
4. Hush (inter.) : be still
5. Husk (n) : hull, bark, chaff
6. Husk (v) : hull
7. Hustle (v): push, crowd, jostle

5. 8. Hut (n) : cottage, shed
9. Hutch (n) : a chest, bin, a coop
10. Huzza (inter.) : a form of HURRAH
11. Hyacinth (n) : a plant with sweet smelling flower, a precious stone
12. Hyaena (n) : carnivorous mammal
13. Hyena (n) : carnivorous mammal
14. Hybrid (n) : born from parents of different sorts
15. Hydrogen (n) : a gas
16. Hydrophobia (n) : a dreadful and almost incurable disease caused by the bite of a mad
dog
17. Hygiene (n) : the science of healthy living
18. Hygiene (adj.) : hygienic
19. Hymn (n) : a psalm, a song of praise, an ode
20. Hyperbole (n) : exaggeration
21. Hypnotic (adj.) : that causing sleep, a medicine causing sleep
22. Hypnotism (n) : mesmerism
23. Hypocrisy (n) : pretence of goodness, insincerity
24. Hypocrite (n) : an imposter, a pretender

6. 25. Hypotenuse (n) : the side opposite to the right angle in a right angled triangle
26. Hypothecate (v) : mortgage
27. Hypothecate (n) : hypothecation
28. Hypothesis (n) : supposition, assumption
29. Hypothetical (adj.) : supposed
30. Hysteria (n) : disturbance of nervous system
31. Hysterical (adj.) : suffering case of first person
The Three Types Of English
There are a myriad of ways of classifying all sorts of different ‘English. Since leaving the UK and
moving to Spain, I think about this a lot more than ever before, and it strikes me that I’m dealing with
three different kinds of English on almost a daily basis:
1. Native-Speaker Level English
2. International English
3. The kind of English only understood by non-native English speakers who share the same same
native tongue.