Genres & Subgenres

2. prose writing that is informative or factual
6. Based on historical events, seeming to be real life, but the characters are fictional
9. genre consisting of stories that could have actually occurred in a believable setting
10. Features magical and supernatural elements that do not exist in the real world.
11. Generally intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter.
13. It is a detailed description of a persons life.
15. narrative that depicts the wild adventures of extravagantly exaggerated folk heroes
16. traditional story accepted as history; explains the world view of a people
20. Is non-fiction that is used strictly to inform readers of a topic.

1. The writer uses words to convince the reader that the writers opinion is correct.
3. It is a self written account of the writers life.
4. Short piece of writing on a particular subject
5. literature in metrical form
7. Deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts, may include aliens or robots.
8. the literary genre of works intended for the theater
12. a short moral story
14. a story coming down from the past
17. It is a branch of drama that adresses the downfall of a heroe.
18. the unwritten literature of a culture
19. a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact