Genres

• Genre


  A type of art, literary work, or musical composition that is defined by its content style or specific form to which it conforms
• Literary may be classified into

  • Prose fiction
  • Poetry
  • Drama
  • Nonfiction prose
• Prose fiction (narrative fiction)


  Detective stories horror romantic comedy fantasy science fiction myths parables romances novels short stories
• The essence of fiction

  Narration: the relating or recounting of a sequence of events or actions
• Nonfictional

  True crimes narratives news reports feature articles essays editorials textbooks historical and biographical works
• A convention in literature is an element that a story or poem needs to have to be categorized in a specific genre
• Detective stories


  Hero versus villain dynamic, a mystery to be solved clues gathered throughout the story the main character is a detective various suspects and motives that are analyzed this direction and twist and hidden evidence is revealed
• Horror


  Scary scenes images villains jump scares dark and foreboding setting mysterious death sir crimes confusion and unsettling atmosphere. The reader is on edge throughout the story
• Romantic comedy


  A romantic connection between two unique people, something comes in between them, young main characters were likeable and de reconciled the differences over the course of the novel
• Fantasy


  Other worldly well developed setting magical characters and features the conflict between heroes and villains and breaks traditional rules of readers everyday life
• Science fiction


  Explores futuristic scientific advances set in the future we have time travel the laportation space exploration aliens and parallel universes
• True crime


  A crime occurs and an investigation follows based on real life events which may include one or more murders or other terrible crimes it could include first person accounts of harrowing events.