Literature: Genres and subgenres

Genres are:

• Female or masculine

• A type of literary

• A type of something or a category

• Prose, poetry or drama

Which are the categories of the genres:

• Fiction, Nonfiction, Prose

• Comedy, Tragedy, Poem

• Fantasy, Folklore, Romance

• Prose, Poetry, Drama

What is the definition of Prose?

• Is Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, drama, and prose.

• Is the ordinary form of written language. Most writing that is not poetry, drama, or song is considered prose.

• is a piece of literature that makes use of rhythmic qualities of language.

• Is poetry that's written in verse for public recitation or performance.

Poetry is...

• Is poetry that's written in verse for public recitation or performance.

• Is literature that appears in verse form and is writing using language and sounds in special ways to express ideas.

• Is a genre of literature that depicts reality with a sense of fantasy or magic.

• Several themes that are characteristic of science fiction, including space exploration, futuristic species, and time travel.

Drama is...

• Which can be written in prose or poetry, tells a story through the words and actions of actors who impersonate the character. A play for theater told by character dialogue.

• Tragedies focus on hardships that can cause emotional distress to the protagonists of the story.

• A comedy is a type of drama with a humorous tone that depicts amusing events in which the characters ultimately prevail.

• A musical can be an original work or an adaptation of a longer literary work.

What are the subgenres of Prose?

• Fantasy and folklore

• Comedy and tragedy

• Fiction and nonfiction

• Thriller or suspense

Fiction is...

• Literary realism depicts familiar objects, people, and places without dramatizing or romanticizing the story.

• Historical fiction uses real-life events to support its plots and key details.

• Mystery novels provide readers with plots that explore mysteries from beginning to end.

• Imaginary character and or events. Is a story that did not actually happen in real life.

Non fiction is...

• An essay is a short piece of writing in which the author elaborates on an idea or topic after conducting thorough research.

• A biography is an account of a person's life, written by someone else.

• Based on real people and events. Writing that is real and factual, or that actually happened.

• An autobiography is a personal narrative of one's life. Autobiographies may serve a variety of purposes.

The subgenres of Drama are:

• Comedy and tragedy

• Reference and narrative

• Realistic and fiction

• Lyric and Dramatic

The subgenres of fiction are:

• biography, autobiography, narrative, periodicals and reference.

• fantasy, folklore, historical, mystery, realistic fiction, romance, science fiction, thriller or suspense.

• lyric, narrative and dramatic.

• comedy and tragedy