Literary Genres Flashcards
a composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue or pantomime a story involving conflict more contrast of character, especially on intended to be acted on a stage: a play. It may be any situation or series of events having vivid, emotional, conflicting or striking interest.
DRAMA
Is an imaginative awareness of experience expressed through meaning, sound and rhythmic language choices to evoke an emotional response. It has been known to employ meter and rhyme. The very nature of _________ as an authentic and individual mode of expression makes it nearly impossible to define.
POETRY
based on facts and the author’s opinion about a subject. The purpose of ___________ writing is to inform and sometimes to persuade.
NON-FICTION
Its examples are biographies, articles from textbooks and magazines and newspapers.
Non Fiction
literature created from the imagination, not presented as fact, though it may be based on a true story or situation.
FICTION
Types of literature in the _____ include the novel, short story and novella.
Fiction
story or narrative told through words complemented by illustrated images. In most illustrated fiction, 50% of the narrative is presented without words while some may not contain any text at all, so the reader must interpret the images to comprehend the story completely.
ILLUSTRATED NOVEL
also called Triple Media Literature. It uses the combination of three media: book, movie/video, and internet website to tell a narrative, so readers must engage in navigating, reading, and viewing in all three forms to comprehend the full story.
DIGI-FICTION
narratives told in comic-strip formats and published as a book. To differentiate from illustrated fiction, _____________ tell a story using a combination of words and pictures in a sequence across the page. The term is employed in a broad manner, encompassing non-fiction works and thematically linked short stories as well as fictional stories across several genres.
GRAPHIC NOVEL
the Japanese word for comics. It is used in the English-speaking world
as a generic term for all comic books and graphic novels originally published in Japan. _________ comics created by American artists are sometimes called Amerim
MANGA
literary presentation where the author incorporates doodle writing, drawings, and handwritten graphics in place of the traditional font. Doodles are simple drawings or random shapes and lines that may or may not have concrete representational meanings. These enhance the story, often adding humorous elements
DOODLE FICTION
often humorous and lighthearted fiction which addresses issues
of modern womanhood. Stories may include romantic relationships, friendships, and issues in the workplace. It generally targets young women readers.
CHICK LIT or CHICK LITERATURE
stories told almost entirely in dialogue simulating social network exchanges. Narratives are usually presented in blog, email, and IM (instant messaging) format. Jenny Ruth Almocera’s Vince and Kath released by ABS-CBN publishing is a good example of this genre.
TEXT-TALK NOVELS
also known as literary nonfiction or narrative nonfiction. It is a genre of writing that uses literary styles and techniques to create factually
accurate narratives.
In contrast with other nonfiction, such as technical writing or journalism, which is also rooted in accurate fact, it is not primarily written in service to its craft.
As a genre, _______________ is still relatively young and is only beginning to be scrutinized with the same critical analysis given to fiction and poetry.
CREATIVE NONFICTION
story narrated in an extremely brief way, but still offers plot and character development and implies a larger story. It could range from a word to
a thousand. Varieties of __________ identified by word count include six-word stories (6 words), dribble or minisaga (50 words), 280-character story or twitterrature (280 words or a story in one tweet) drabble or microfiction (100 words), sudden fiction (750 words) and ________ (1,000 words).
FLASH FICTION
