1. Glossary of Literary Terms
( F-G )
Presenter: Melody C. Jaspela
BSED III- English

2. Fiction and Truth
 Fiction is any literary narrative which
is an invention as opposed to fact
whereas, truth or truth-value are
subject to criterion of truth or falsity.

3. Figurative Language
 is a conspicuous departure from
what users of language apprehend as
the standard meaning of words in
order to achieve some special
meaning or effect

4. Folklore
the collective name applied to
sayings, verbal compositions and
social rituals that had been
handed down solely or primarily
by oral rather than in written form

5. Folktale
a short narrative in prose of unknown
authorship which has been transmitted
orally
 include myths, fables and tales

6. Form and Structure
 form is used to designate a genre or
literary type,(lyric form, verse form)
many critics today use form and structure
interchangeably
 form is the shaping principle whereas, the
structure of a work is the order, the
emphasis and rendering of all its
components into a beautiful and effective
whole. (school of criticism in Chicago)

7. Formalism
 a type of literary theory and analysis
which originated in Moscow and St.
Petersburg
 it views literature primarily as a
specialized mode of language and
proposes a fundamental opposition
between the literacy use of language
and the ordinary use

8. Format of a Book
signifies
the page-size, shape and
other physical feature of a book

9. Free Verse
 open form
 rhythmic pattern is not organized
E.g. Mother and Son
Well, son, I’ll tell you;
Life for me ain’t crystal stair
It’s had tacks in it
And splinters
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor—
Bare

10. Genre
 a French term that denotes types
or class of literature

11. Golden Age
 the earliest period of human
history, regarded as a state of perfect
felicity

12. Gothic Novel
 stories in the middle ages
 principal aim was to evoke chilling
terror by exploiting mystery and
variety of horror
E.g.
The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe
Vathek by William Beckford

13. Graveyard Poets
 term applied to 18th century poets
who wrote meditative poems, usually
set in graveyards on the theme of
human mortality
 E. g.
Night-Piece on Death by Thomas
Parnell
The Grave by Robert Blair

14. Great Chain of Being
 grounded in ideas about the nature of
God or the First Cause

15. End!
Thank you.