GENRES

• Elements are an inherent constituent of all works of narrative fiction—a necessary feature of verbal storytelling that could be found in any written or spoken narrative
• Structure

  How the author organizes the information within the text
• Conventional literary genres

  • Poetry
  • Drama
  • Fiction
  • Non-fiction
• Poetry

  An imaginative awareness of experiences expressed through meaning, sound, and rhythmic language choices to evoke an emotional response
• Drama

  A composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue or pantomime a story involving conflict more contrast of character, especially on intended to be acted on a stage: a play
• Fiction

  Literature created from the imagination, not presented as fact, though it may be based on a true story or situation
• Non-fiction

  Based on facts and the author's opinion about a subject. The purpose of non-fiction writing is to inform and sometimes to persuade
• 21st century literary genres

  • Creative Non-Fiction
  • Illustrated Novel
  • Digi Fiction
  • Manga
  • Doodle Fiction
  • Text-Talk Novels
  • Flash Fiction
  • Chick Lit
  • Six-Word Flash Fiction
  • Science Fiction
  • Blog
• Creative Non-Fiction

  Accurately defined as ―true stories well told. Also known as literary non-fiction or narrative non-fiction. Creative nonfiction can be an essay, a journal article, a research paper, a memoir, or a poem; it can be personal or not, or it can be all of these
• Illustrated Novel

  A story through text and illustrated images. 50 % of the narrative is presented without words. The reader must interpret the images in order to comprehend completely the story
• Digi Fiction

  A fiction that is written for and read from a computer and can be web- or app-based (for tablets and smartphones) or accessed via CD-ROMs. Digital fictions are different to e-books, however
• Manga

  A Japanese word for comics. It is used in the English-speaking world as a generic term for all comic books and graphics novels originally published in Japan
• Doodle Fiction

  A literary presentation where the author incorporates doodle writing and drawings, and handwritten graphics in place of traditional font
• Text-Talk Novels

  Blog, email, IM format narratives. Stories told almost completely in dialogue simulating social network exchanges
• Flash Fiction

  A style of fictional literature of extreme brevity. There is no widely accepted definition of the length of the category
• Chick Lit or Chick Literature

  Genre fiction which addresses issues of modern womanhood, often humorously and lightheartedly. Chick it typically features a female protagonist whose womanhood is heavily thermalized in the plot
• Six-Word Flash Fiction

  Like other forms of short stories or flash fiction, a six-word story allows a reader to consume an entire narrative in just a moment's time. If you're trying to get in some short, but challenging, bursts of writing practice throughout your day, try writing six-word stories
• Science Fiction

  A genre of speculative fiction dealing with imaginative concepts such as futuristic science and technology, space travel, time travel, faster than light travel, parallel universe and extraterrestrial life. Often explores the potential consequences of scientific and other innovations and has been called a ―literature of Ideas
• Blog

  A web log; a website containing short articles called posts that are changed regularly. Some blogs are written by one person containing their own opinions, interests and experiences, while others are written by many different people