literary genres

{Literary Genres

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Literary genre is a fancy way of saying type of literature.

All literature is categorized by its genre or type.

What is a literary genre?

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All literature falls into one of five categories: Non-Fiction Fiction Drama Poetry Folklore

Categorizes of Literary Genres

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Non-Fiction is literature that is based on fact.

What is Non-Fiction?

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Informational Writing Persuasive Writing Autobiographies Biographies

What are the subcategories of Non-Fiction?

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Fiction is the type of literature that is based on the author’s imagination.

What is Fiction?

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Historical Fiction Science Fiction/Fantasy Realistic FictionMystery

What the subcategorizes of Fiction?

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Stories that have been handed down through oral tradition.

What is folklore?

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Fairy Tales Fables Myths Legends Tall Tales

What are the subcategories of folklore?

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Drama and poetry are the two other categories of genres.

They do not have any sub-categorizes.

Drama & Poetry

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What is a literary genre? What are the five categories of literary genres?

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