Literary Genres

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Literary Genre

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• Prose
• Poetry
• Drama

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It allows a writer to express his or her deepest emotions and thoughts in a very personal way. It relies heavily on figurative language, rhythm, and imagery to relay its message to readers.

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Poetry

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Sub genres of Poetry

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Lyric
Songs
Ballads
Epics
Narratives
Dramatic

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comes from the Latin word “lyricus,” meaning “of/for the lyre.”These short poems were originally accompanied by music. The mood is melodic and emotional. The writer uses words that express his or her state of mind, perceptions, and feelings, rather than tell a story.

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Lyric

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short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas.

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Songs

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is a poem that is typically arranged in quatrains with the rhyme scheme ABAB. Ballads are usually narrative, which means they tell a story._______ began as folk songs and continue to be used today in modern music.

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Ballads

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The word epic is derived from the Ancient Greek adjective, “epikos”, which means a poetic story.
In literature, an _______ is a long narrative poem, which is usually related to heroic deeds of a person of an unusual courage and unparalleled bravery

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Epic

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is a form of poetry that tells a story, often making the voices of a narrator and characters as well; the entire story is usually written in metered verse. Narrative poems do not need rhyme.

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Narrative

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this is an emotional piece of literature which includes a story which is recited or sung.

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Dramatic

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a literary work written to be performed in front of an audience. It contains dialogue, and actors impersonate the characters. It is usually divided into acts or scenes and relies on props or imaginative dialogue to create a visual experience for the audience.

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Drama

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Sub genres of Drama

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Tragedy
Comedy
History
Musical

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Traces the fall of a main character

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Tragedy

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a literary genre and a type of dramatic work that is amusing and satirical in its tone, mostly having a cheerful ending.
The motif of this dramatic work is triumph over unpleasant circumstance by creating comic effects, resulting in a happy or successful conclusion.

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Comedy

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are dramatic portrayals of events in history.

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History

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is an evening-length theater piece integrating spoken dialogue and sung music in order to tell a story. A song should never impede the action of the story.

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Musical

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is the most common form of writing. It is not restricted by rhythm or dialogue, and it most closely resembles everyday speech. It is usually straightforward and may utilize figurative language, dialogue, characters, and imagery

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Prose

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Types of Prose

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fiction
Non-fiction

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is narrative writing that originates from the author’s imagination. It is designed to entertain, but it can also inspire, inform, or persuade.

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Fiction

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is a long narrative work of fiction with some realism. A fictional narrative work that has a realistic effect

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Novel

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Genres of Fiction

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Novel
Novella
Short story
Myths
Legends
Fables
Sci Fi

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is a genre of fiction literature which content is imaginative, but based in science. It relies heavily on scientific facts, theories, and principles as support for its settings, characters, themes, and plotlines, which is what makes it different from fantasy.

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Sci Fi

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a succinct fictional story, in prose or verse, that features animals, legendary creatures, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature that are anthropomorphized (given human qualities, such as the ability to speak human language) and that illustrates or leads to a particular lesson

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Fables

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resemble folktales in content; they may include supernatural beings, elements of mythology, or explanations of natural phenomena, but they are associated with a particular locality or person and are told as a matter of history.

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Legends

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are traditional stories that are created within cultures in order to offer explanations for phenomena

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Myths

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is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one setting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a “single effect” or mood, however there are many exceptions to this

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Short story

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a ______ is a type of prose fiction, which is shorter than full length novels and longer than short stories.
It originates from an Italian word “_____“, which means “new.”
It is a well-structured yet short narrative; often satiric or realistic in tone. It usually focuses on one incident, or issue with one or two main characters and takes place at a single location.

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Novella

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Is writing that is based on true events, people, places, and facts. It is designed to inform, and sometimes to entertain.

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Non fiction

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Genres of nonfiction

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Essay
Autobiography
Biography
Diaries and Journals

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is generally a short piece of writing outlining the writer’s perspective or story. It is often considered synonymous with a story or a paper or an article.

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Essay

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is a self-written account of the life of oneself.

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Autobiography

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is a literary genre that portrays the experiences of all these events occurring in the life of a person, mostly in a chronological order. Unlike a resume or profile, a biography provides a life story of a subject, highlighting different aspects of his of her life.

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Biography

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is a record (originally in handwritten format) with discrete entries arranged by date reporting on what has happened over the course of a day or other period.

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Diaries and Journals

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Types of contemporary literature

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Spoken word
Digi fiction
Chick lit
Illustrated Novels
Graphic Novel
Doodle Fiction
Manga
Six Word Flash fiction
Flash Fiction

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is a performance art that is word-based. It is an oral art that focuses on the aesthetics of word play such as intonation and voice inflection

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Spoken Word

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that is written for and read from a computer and can be web- or app-based (for tablets and smartphones) or accessed via CD-ROMs.

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Digi Fiction

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Chick lit is genre fiction which addresses issues of modern womanhood, often humorously and lightheartedly

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Chick Lit

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Story through text and illustrated images

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Illustrated Novels

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A narrative work in which story is conveyed through comic form

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Graphic novel

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literary presentation where the author incorporates doodle drawings and hand written graphics in place of traditional font

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Doodle fiction