Genre Writing Vocabulary

Attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience.

• Fiction

• Tone

• Comedy

• Mood

A distinctive emotional quality that the reader feels in writing.

• Genre

• Mystery

• Mood

• Tone

A play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending.

• Drama

• Suspense

• Comedy

• Genre

A state or condition of mental uncertainty or excitement, usually accompanied by anxiety.

• Suspense

• Mood

• Drama

• Romance

A type, kind, style, or category.

• Fiction

• Tone

• Mood

• Genre

A novel, story, or film whose plot involves a crime or puzzling event that remains unexplained until the very end.

• Suspense

• Horror

• Drama

• Mystery

Literature made up of imaginative narration.

• Genre

• Fiction

• Comedy

• Tone

A novel, story, or film in which characters fall in love.

• Horror

• Mystery

• Comedy

• Romance

A story involving conflict or contrast of character.

• Fiction

• Drama

• Comedy

• Suspense

Centered upon or depicting terrifying events.

• Suspense

• Mystery

• Horror

• Drama