Chapter 1: Elements of Literature - Literary Genres

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Across
  1. 6. works of the creative imagination
  2. 7. story with a clear beginning, middle, and end in less than 15,000 words
  3. 9. a short work that addresses a topic from an individual's point of view
  4. 12. a book arranged for entering information by date
  5. 14. a poem with 14 lines and iambic pentameter
  6. 15. conveys an exact mood or feeling to the reader
  7. 18. writing that gives facts and details
  8. 20. tell of extraordinary deeds by supernatural heroes and villains
  9. 21. subgenre of drama that deals with serious issues but is not tragic
  10. 23. writing based on factual information
  11. 24. focus on the actions and dialogue of a story in poem form
  12. 26. the story of a person's life written by someone else
  13. 29. a long, fictional story usually written in prose
  14. 30. a type of drama showing the humor of the world
  15. 32. the story of a person's life written by them
Down
  1. 1. a brief story that tells a moral lesson
  2. 2. a story in which the characters face a problem which seems to be beyond explanation
  3. 3. writing that takes place in another world with magical or otherwise amazing creatures
  4. 4. tells stories in verse
  5. 5. a type of drama serious and often sad
  6. 8. a story of exaggerated, unrealistic acts and deeds from the American frontier
  7. 10. a category of literature which can be distinguished by technique, tone, subject, and literary devices
  8. 11. a type of drama with singing and dancing
  9. 13. a story that is told orally and passed down generation to generation
  10. 14. written orally and delivered to a gathering of people
  11. 16. acted performance of a story with action and dialogue between its characters
  12. 17. made up stories, events, and people
  13. 19. stories that glorify a hero or object
  14. 22. a story with supernatural characters or events including religious beliefs and rituals
  15. 25. a story in which science facts, theories, or beliefs are used to interpret the future, other planets, or time travel
  16. 27. a work in which characters, setting, and objects represent ideas or beliefs more than their place in the story itself
  17. 28. writing that creatively expresses feelings, experiences, or ideas
  18. 31. stories of passionate love and heroic deeds