Literature encompasses written works, particularly imaginative poetry and prose. Prose is a literary device characterized by ordinary grammatical structure without formal meter, divided into fiction (imaginative works) and non-fiction (fact-based literature).

1. Literature, a body of written
works. The name has
traditionally been applied to
those imaginative works of
poetry and prose distinguished
by the intentions of their
authors and the perceived

2. Prose is a literary device that has
no formal metrical structure. It
applies a natural flow of speech,
and ordinary grammatical
structure, rather than rhythmic
structure, such as in the case of
traditional poetry. It has two types:
(a) fiction and (b) non-fiction.

3. Fiction refers to
literature created
from the imagination.

4. Non-fiction refers to
literature based on
facts.