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Genre Study
identifying characteristics of genre
Question | Answer |
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Drama | Stories composed in verse or prose, usually for theatrical performance, where conflicts and emotion are expressed through dialogue and action. |
Fable | Narration demonstrating a useful truth, especially in which animals speak as humans; legendary, supernatural tale. |
Fantasy | Fiction with strange or other worldly settings or characters; fiction which invites suspension of reality. |
Fiction | Narrative literary works whose content is produced by the imagination and is not necessarily based on fact. |
Legend | Story, sometimes of a national or folk hero, which has a basis in fact but also includes imaginative material. |
Mythology | Legend or traditional narrative, often based in part on historical events, that reveals human behavior and natural phenomena by its symbolism; often pertaining to the actions of the gods. |
Realistic Fiction | Story that can actually happen and is true to life. |
Science Fiction | Story based on impact of actual, imagined, or potential science, usually set in the future or on other planets. |
Non-Fiction | Informational text dealing with an actual, real-life subject. |
Narrative Non-Fiction | Factual information presented in a format which tells a story |