Creative Nonfiction: Literary Genres

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MORNING!
Student Teacher: Millenn Tabaquero

2. FIX ME UP

3. Instruction: Rearrange the jumbled words based on
the given pictures.
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4. DRAMA

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6. POETRY

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8. LOVEN OUVERGETAL

10. Literature
• Literature is a term used to describe written
and sometimes spoken material.
• It is derived from the Latin
word literature meaning "writing formed with
letters."
Genres
• simply means category or particular type

11. What is literary genre?
• A category used to group different types of literary work.
What are literary conventions?
• Literary Genres are the features of a literary work that define
its genre.
• Aggregate of norms and standards (i.e., plot, character,
setting, icon, theme, or effect in a genre story)
• Conventions can also refer to the way ideas are expressed:
literal or figurative

12. Drama
01.
Poetry
02.
Prose
- Fiction
- Nonfiction
03.
LITERARY GENRES

13. DRAMA
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14. • A form of text that is performed in front of an
audience.
• It is also called a play
• It contains dialogues and stage directions
• It is broken up into acts and scenes
• Brings out social issues aimed to evoke
emotions
• Subgenres: comedy, tragedy, tragicomedy

15. Comedy
• It refers to a play that ends
happily or that is humorous.
• Its primary focus is to
amuse people

17. Tragedy
• In the Greek sense, it is a play
that ends with the death of at
least one of the main
characters.
• In modern usage, it doesn’t
have happy ending

19. Tragicomedy
• A play in which serious and
comic elements are mixed.

21. POETRY
02.

22. • It is characterized by a rhythmic pattern, rhyme,
meter, verses, and figurative language.
• They do not follow paragraph or sentence form;
they use stanzas and lines instead.
• Some follow very strict rules of length, and
number of stanzas and lines, some may be free-
form
• Subgenres: Narrative Poetry, Dramatic Poetry,
and Lyric Poetry

23. Narrative Poetry
• Poem that tells a story.
• It tells a series of events using
poetic devices.
• These elements include characters,
plot, conflict and resolutions, setting
and action.

25. Lyric Poetry
• Expresses thoughts and feelings of a
single speaker
• May be sung or accompanied by music,
may be not
• Often have a refrain or lines that are
repeated throughout the poem

27. Dramatic Poetry
• Words spoken by a character
• Poetry in which one or more
characters speak
• More emphasis on character rather
than narrative
• It includes soliloquy, dialogue,
monologue

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30. • It has a complete sentence organized
into paragraphs.
• It does not have a regular rhythmic
pattern, meter and rhyme.
• It is more structured and follows
proper grammatical pattern and
correct mechanics
• Subgenre: Fiction and Non-fiction

31. Fiction
• Based on imagination rather
than on facts
• Not completely true
• Includes magic, fantasy
creatures, and other imaginary
things
• Tells a made up story and
everything is not real

32. Folk Tale
• Usually, these are stories with no
known author
• Passed down from one
generation to another by word of
mouth
• Ordinary characters who live
ordinary lives and have something
extraordinary happened to them

33. • It is an important way of passing
along knowledge, information, and
history
• Types of Folktales: Legend, Myth,
Fairy Tale, Fable

34. Legend
• A traditional story often based on historic
facts but includes mythical qualities
• Historical but unauthenticated
• Passed on from person-to-person and has
important meaning or symbolism
• Usually involve heroic characters or
fantastic places
• Encompass the spiritual beliefs of the
culture in which they originate

36. Myth
• a traditional story explaining some
natural or social phenomenon, and
typically involving supernatural beings
or events
• Used to explain the mysteries of the
world
• Uses gods and goddesses as the
main character in the story

38. Fairy Tale
• Make-believe story with magical
creatures and magical elements
• often intended for children, that
features fanciful and wondrous
characters (elves, wizards, fairies, etc.)
• The term “fairy” tale seems to refer
more to the fantastic and magical
setting or magical influences within a
story

40. Fable
• Animals are used to become
characters; speak or act like
humans
• Designed to teach a moral or
practical lesson

42. Epic
• Stories told on a grand scale,
with armies, heroes, gods,
and the brutal forces of
nature
• Protagonists meet with
obstacles and disaster, action
and triumph

44. Novel
• a long printed story
about imaginary
characters and events
• It is a fictional prose narrative of
considerable length
• Naturally taking a series that is
transpired by the actions, speech
and thoughts of the characters

46. Novella
• a piece of prose fiction
that typically can be read
in one sitting
• Shorter and less
elaborated than a novel

48. Short Story
• a piece of prose fiction
that typically can be read
in one sitting
• Shorter and less
elaborated than a novel

50. Non-Fiction
• Based on facts, real events,
and real people
• Factual and Creative
• Teaches and explains things
and everything is real
• Stories happened in actual
events

51. True Narrative
• about an incident that experienced
or observed
• the purpose in telling the story is to
express a point or observation.
Personal Narrative
• real event in a writer’s life
• relating personal experience usually
told in first person

52. Reflective Essay
• essay in which the writer examines his or her
experiences in life
• this are experiences about exploring how he
or she has changed, developed or grown
from those experiences
Testimonials
• a formal statement testifying to someone or
something
• It is used by companies to endorse their
product

53. Blogs
a regularly updated website or web page
typically run by an individual or small group,
that is written in an informal or conversational
style
Travelogues
Includes detail information about travel
lecture about the places visited and
experiences encountered by a traveler

54. Literary Journalism
• a form of nonfiction that combines
factual reporting with narrative
techniques and stylistic strategies
Autobiography
• an account of a person's life written by
that person

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