Types of Genres

______ means a type of art, literature, or music characterized by a specific form, content, and style.

A mode of fictional representation through dialogue and performance

• Fiction

• Drama

• Folklore

• Non-Fiction

There are two types of drama, what are they?

• Comedy

• Tragedy

• Classic

Biography, Autobiography, Persuasive, and Informational are all subgenres of what genre?

• Non-Fiction

• Fiction

• Drama

• Poetry

____________ uses real people, setting, and plot to convey actual events.

Folklore has how many subgenres?

• 4

• 7

• 6

• 5

Some different types of poetry are? (select all that apply)

• Haikus

• Limericks

• Rhymes

• Sonnets

___________ is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language, such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, the prosaic ostensible meaning.

Myths, Legends, and Fables all fall under which genre?

• Poetry

• Fiction

• Drama

• Folklore

Which genre is described as, "Literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people."

• Non-Fiction

• Fiction

• Fables

• Realistic