English

• 3 types of literary genres:

  • prose
  • poetry
  • drama
• Prose - can be defined as a form of literature that follows a normal progression of conversation and syntax.
• News - the announcing of daily incidents or updates within government, culture, industry, etc.
• Biography - tell the story of someone’s life.
• Anecdotes - made up by people in order to teach a lesson or illustrate a point to one’s audience.
• Essays - typically illustrates the thoughts of an author on a specific issue, event, or philosophy.
• Oration - This is basically a speech, and caters to the intellect, emotions, and will of the audience.
• Novel - is generally long and narrative. It

  tells a story with characters, a plot, and a setting.
• Short story - is exactly what it sounds like, a narrative story that is short. Like a story you could read to someone in just a short amount of time over coffee or tea. However, even though they are shorter they still contain characters, a plot, and a setting.
• Fable - is also a story that is passed down. Overall purpose is to teach a lesson. However, all the characters are things that can’t normally talk. About animals,

  plants, or forces of nature that can talk and act like humans.
• Legends - are about real life people and what they did. Always have an important purpose, but the facts are always a little exaggerated to make them more interesting and exciting!
• Plays - are stories with scripted dialogue, but are meant to be

  performed on a stage with actors, vocalists, props, etc
• Poetry - a literary piece which uses rhyme, rhythm, and other styles in order to convey, strongly, a feeling or idea.