ppt about literature

1. Literature as a Tool to Assert One’s
Unique Identity and to Better Understand
Other People

2. literature
It came from a Latin word “
litterae” ( letter) which means “ the
art of written work”

3. Literature entertain and educates
us.
It can teach us about the past,
help us understand the present, and
empower us to create the future.

4. Literature improves your command of
language, teaches you about the life,
culture, and experience of people around
the world, and makes you a wiser and
more experienced person.

5. Incorporating LITERATURE that
encompasses topics on compasion and
tolerance will help us understand the
unique needs of every individual and help
each to deal with vulnerable situations.

6. CLASSIFICATION OF
LITIRATURE

7. STRUCTURE
Fiction
 is a literary work of imaginative narration, either oral or
written, fashioned to entertain and to make the readers
think and more so, to feel.
Nonfiction
 a literary work of real life narration of expression based
on history and facts whose main thrust is an intellectual
appeal to convey facts, theories, and generalizations, of
concepts about a particular topic.

8. FORM
Prose
Written in the common flow of language in
sentences and paragraphs which gives information,
relate events, express ideas, of present opinion.
Poetry
Expressed in verse, measure, rhythm, sound, and
imaginative language and creates an emotional
response to an experience, feeling , or fact.

9. Directions: Read the summary of
the essay titled “ Pliant Like the
Bamboo” and answer the
questions that follow.

11. QUESTIONS:
1.What are the trees being compared in the
essay?
2.Why do Filipinos compared themselves to a
bamboo tree?
3.Is being a pliant like a bamboo tree is still
evident among Filipinos today?