Literary Genres and Subgenres

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Poetry

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Writing concerned with creativity and the beauty of language

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Drama

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Writing that is told in a script form; meant to be performed

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Fiction

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Writing that is imaginative and made-up

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Nonfiction

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Writing that is true and informative

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Narrative Poem

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Poem that tells a story; includes plot, characters, dialogue, etc.

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Free Verse Poem

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Poem free from all rules of other poetry subgenres; does not rhyme or have required lines

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Comedy

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Play that has a happy ending

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Biography

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Story of a person’s life, written by someone else

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Autobiography

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Story of a person’s life, written by himself/herself

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Memoir

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Story focusing on the writer’s memory of a particular time or event