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• Literary genres


  Categories of literature characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter
• Literary genres


  • Provide a framework for understanding and analyzing different types of writing
  • Encompass a wide range of styles, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama
• Fiction


  Fictional works are stories created from the imagination of the author
• Fiction subgenres

  • Novel
  • Short story
  • Novella
• Fiction


  • Imaginary characters, invented settings, and narrative structures
• Nonfiction

  Nonfictional works are based on real events, people, and facts
• Nonfiction subgenres

  • Biography
  • Autobiography
  • Essay
  • Journalism
• Nonfiction


  • Factual information, real-life events, and author's perspective or interpretation
• Poetry


  A form of literature characterized by rhythmic language, imagery, and heightened emotion
• Poetry subgenres


  • Sonnet
  • Haiku
  • Free verse
  • Narrative poetry
• Poetry

  • Metrical patterns, rhyme schemes, and condensed language
• Drama


  Literature intended for performance, involving dialogue, characters, and plot
• Drama subgenres

  • Tragedy
  • Comedy
  • Melodrama
  • Farce
• Drama

  • Dialogue-driven narratives, staged action, and theatrical conventions
• Plot

  The sequence of events that make up the storyline of a dramatic work
• Elements of plot

  • Exposition
  • Rising action
  • Climax
  • Falling action
  • Resolution
• Plot


  • Essential for engaging the audience and driving the narrative forward
• Exposition


  Introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation of the play
• Exposition

  • Provides essential background information needed to understand the events that follow
  • Sets the stage for the main conflict or problem to be resolved
• Rising action


  Builds tension and develops the central conflict of the play
• Rising action


  • Involves a series of events that complicate the situation and increase the stakes for the characters
  • Creates anticipation and keeps the audience engaged in the story
• Climax


  The turning point or the most intense moment of the play
• Climax


  • The moment of greatest conflict or suspense, where the outcome of the story hangs in the balance
  • Often reveals the characters' true motivations and leads to a decisive action or outcome
• Falling action


  Follows the climax and shows the consequences of the events that transpired
• Falling action


  • Begins to resolve the central conflict and ties up loose ends in the storyline
  • Provides closure and prepares the audience for the conclusion of the play
• Resolution (denouement)


  Brings the story to a close
• Resolution


  • Resolves the central conflict and provides a sense of closure for the characters and the audience
  • May offer insights or lessons learned from the events of the play