Literary Terms and Genres

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Genre

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category of literature

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Drama

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written to be performed on a stage

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Poetry

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written with a focus on musical quality, condensed language, and intense emotion

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Prose

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written how we speak

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Tragedy (Drama)

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play in which everyone dies at the end

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Comedy (Drama)

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play in which everyone gets married by the end

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History (Drama)

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play set at a certain point in history, focused on a historical character

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Lyric (poetry)

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poetry in which a narrator expresses their feelings on a subject

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Narrative (poetry)

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poem that tells a story

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Epic (poetry)

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long narrative poem meant to honor a hero/god