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ENGLISH-LITERARY GENRES Flashcards

ESSAY

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expresses author’s argument , viewpoint or reflection on a topic

ex.
A room of one’s own by Virginia Wolf
Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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ESSAY

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experiences, observations and reflections during travels

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>Eat, Pray and Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

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TRAVEL WRITING

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inform, explain, describe a topic in a clear and organized manner

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EXPOSITORY WRITING

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report news, inform the public. or provide analysis on current events

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JOURNALISM

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intended for performance

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The Last Duchess by Robert Browning

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DRAMA

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involves the downfall of a hero due to a tragic flaw

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>Hamlet by William Shakespeare
> Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

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TRAGEDY

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amuse and entertain through humor

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>A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
>The importance of being earnest by Oscar Wilde

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COMEDY

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blends elements of Tragedy and Comedy

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>Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

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TRAGICOMEDY

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has songs and dance numbers to tell the story

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>Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

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MUSICAL

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sensationalized events, plots, characters, good vs. evil

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>Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher
>Octoroon by Dion Boucicault

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MELODRAMA

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ridiculous plots, exaggerated characters, and over the top situations for comedic effect

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FARCE

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simple story with moral or religious lesson

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>The Prodigal Son

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PARABLE

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the author’s life self-written biography

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AUTO BIOGRAPHY

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central conflict, build up tension

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RISING ACTION

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turning point or intense moment

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CLIMAX

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lead to resolution

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FALLING ACTION

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conclusion of the story

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DENOUEMENT

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long, complex story with subplots

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NOVEL

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aims to amuse and entertain through humor

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literary genre which uses sentences and paragraphs

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works of imaginative narration

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blends realistic settings with fantastical and supernatural elements

ex.
>Beloved by Toni Morrison
>100 years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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MAGICAL REALISM

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focus on love and relationship

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>Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
>The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks

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world that is extreme in oppression, environmental disasters, or social decay

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>1984 by George Orwell
>The Hands maid’s Tale by Margarette Atwood

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gods, heroes, supernatural events, cultural, religious and philosophical truths

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>The Iliad by Homer
>Metamorphosis by Ovid

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historical events or real people basis but are exaggerated or romanticized over time

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>Legend of King Arthur
>Robinhood

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sequence of events

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introduces the characters, setting, or basic situation

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EXPOSITION

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impact of actual or imagine science
>Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
>Frankenstein by Mary Shelly

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SCIENCE FICTION

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depict everyday life; the struggles of realities in life

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>Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
>The Road by Cormac Mc Carthy

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magical elements, supernatural creatures
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>The Hobbit by JRR Tolkein
>Alice’s adventures in wonderland by Lewiss Caroll

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tells a story through verse, with plot, characters, and sequence of events

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literary form in verse, and stanzas, rhythmic, metrical language, uses symbolism, metaphor, stylistic

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evokes fear and dread, eerie to grotesque

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Dracula by Bram Stroker
It by Stephen King

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features animals as the main characters

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The tortoise and the Hare from Aesop’s Fable
Animal Farm by George Oswell

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Short and musical, expresses emotions

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Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare

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TYPES OF POETRY

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BLEND

B-allad
L-yric
E-pic
N-arrative
D-rama

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too short to be a novel, too long to be a short story

ex.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

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based on real-life

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NON-FICTION

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suspenseful plot, seeks to solve a crime/secrets

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The hound of Baskervilles
by Arthur Conan Doyle

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set in the past

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War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
The book Thief by Markus Zusak

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HISTORICAL FICTION

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simple narrative poem of a story in short stanzas

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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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long narrative form about a heroic figure that dies in the end

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Iliad by Homer

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type of autobiography
that focuses on a specific period of event not the entire life

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Becoming by Michelle

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tells the story of a person’s life written by someone else

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Biography

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brief story focusing on one incident
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The tell-tale Heart

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SHORT STORY

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