If you approach me at bus stop and murmur 'Thou still unravished bride Some define literature as writing which is “imaginative” or fic-tive, as opposed to factual, true, or historical. While the artist uses different colors, paintbrushes, mediums, canvases, and techniques, the writer uses different genres and literary techniques called literary devices. Others use oral literature or verbal art (Gingell and Roy 6–7) To remedy the bias against orality, scholars use the term orature to refer to spe