Literary Genres Flashcards
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Drama
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- one-act play
- multi-act play
1
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Fiction
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- Adventure
- historical fiction
- mysteries
- myths
- science fiction
- realistic fiction
- allegories
- parodies
- satire
- graphic novel
2
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Poetry
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- narrative poems
- lyric poems
- free verse poetry
- sonnets
- odes
- ballads
- epics
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Nonfiction
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- exposition
- argument
- personal essay
- speeches
- memoirs/bios/auto-bios
- journalism
- scientific or historical accounts
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Genre
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Is a category of composition. Each genre has a particular style, form, and content.
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Types of drama
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- tragedy
- comedy
- political drama
- modern drama (real-life)
- theater of the absurd (1950-60)
