1.

PROSE FICTION
2.POETRY
3.DRAMA
4.NONFICTION PROSE
It presents a story that is
invented and not literally “true”.

It is written to be read rather

than acted or performed.
It is often a story of origins,
how the world and
everything in it came to be.
 Comes from the Latin adjective
“legenda”. It refers to unverified story
handed down from earlier times,
especially one popularly believed to
be historical.
A simple story illustrating
a moral or religious
lesson.
 It is usually short narrative
making an edifying or cautionary
point and often employing as
characters animals that speak
and act like humans.
It is a kind of folktale or fable. In
this story, we meet witches and
queens, giants and elves, princes,
dragons, talking animals, ogres,
princesses and sometimes even
fairies.
 It is a piece of prose fiction
marked by relative shortness
and density, organized into a
plot and which some kind of
denouement at the end.
A fictional prose narrative
of considerable length,
typically having a plot.
A fictional prose narrative
that is longer than a short
story, but shorter than a
novel.
It is a piece of art written
by a poet in meter and
verse expressing various
emotions.
1. LYRIC POETRY
2. NARRATIVE POETRY
3. DRAMATIC POETRY
 It is a comparatively short,
non-narrative poem in which
a single speaker presents a
state of mind or an
emotional state..
 A musical work, an
abstract entity that serves
as an umbrella for many
versions and renditions.
It is a fourteen-line poem
in iambic pentameter.
 It is a meditative lyric
poem lamenting the death
of a public personage or
of a friend or loved one.
It is a long lyric poem with
a serious subject written in
an elevated style and
formal stanza structure.
 It gives a verbal
representation, in verse,
of a sequence of
connected events.
 It is a song, originally
transmitted orally, which
tells a story.
A poem which tells a story
that ends happily whether
love is involved or not.
It is an extended narrative
poem that operates in a
large scale, both in length
and topic.
It is combination of the
words dramatic and
monologue.
It is a long speech in which
a character who is alone on
stage expresses his or her
private thoughts and
feelings.
It is comes from the Greek
word “dran” which means
“to do” or “to act”.
 It refers to a drama in
which a heroic protagonist
meets an unhappy or
calamitous ending.
It refers to fictional works
that blend aspects of the
genres of tragedy and
comedy.
It is formed by combining
the words “melody” (from
the Greek “meloidia”,
meaning ‘song’) and
“drama”.
 It is a depicts humorous
incidents in which
protagonist are faced with
moderate difficulties but
overcome them and the
play ends happily.
 Its generally ridicules
human folly and
associated political, social
or moral problems.
 Its depicts the romantic
intrigues of a sophisticated
upper class, including witty
repartee and humorous
social blundering.
It involves idealized
romantic love, as in
romance.
It induces laughter as a kind
of defense mechanism when
a situation, dispassionately
considered, would be simply
horrifying.
 It depends upon ridiculous
situations, exaggerated
character types, coarse
humor, and horseplay for its
comic effects.
 It presents factual
information or expresses a
viewpoint.
 It comes from the Greek
words auton “self”, “bios”,
“life”, and graphein,
“write”, is a biography
written by the person
himself or herself.
 It comes from the Greek
words “bios” meaning “life”,
and “graphein” meaning
“write” is a personal
account of a person’s life.
 It is an abbreviated
portrayal of a particular
characteristics of people.
 It is a daily record of
events in a person’s life.
It is a statement or an article
by a news organization,
newspaper or magazine that
expresses the opinion of the
editor, editorial board, or
publisher.
 It is a brief work of
nonfiction that offers an
opinion on a subject.
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