Literary Genre, Function of Genre, Literary Genres and Structure

A type of art, literature, or music characterized by a specific form

• Literary Genre

• Function of Genre

The first major literary genre

• Drama

• Poetry

It has complete sentences organized into paragraphs.

• Fiction

• Prose

It is performed in front of an audience

• Prose

• Drama

Its written text contains dialogues

• Drama

• Prose

The father of English drama

• William Shakespeare

• Leonardo da Vinci

It could be creative like personal essay or factual, like a scientific paper.

• Prose

• Non-fiction

A ______ genre enhances imaginative and emotional power

It help readers develop analytical and persuasive capabilities

• Fictional

• Non-fictional

The major _______ is to establish a code of behavior.