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MAJOR GENRES OF
THE 21st CENTURY
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LITERATURE
GENRE
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It is a literary type, written in verse that makes
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up stanzas. It consists of a language with a
strong musical quality in which words are
highly-charged with meaning.
• measures,
• rhyming
• sound pattern
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• tones.
ELEMENTS
• Sound - It refersOF POETRY
• Sense - It is revealed through words, images, and symbols.
to the creative use of words by poets to imitate sounds.
• Structure - It refers to the arrangement of words and lines to fit together
and the organization of the parts from the whole.
• Tone - It refers to the poet’s or speaker’s attitude toward the subject,
toward the reader, or toward himself.
• Voice - It refers to the speaking persona in poetry where specific
characters are not indicated as the speaker.
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CLASSES OF
POETRY
LYRIC POETRY NARRATIVE
POETRY
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LYRIC POETRY
singing voice.
NARRATIVE
POETRY
a. Epic – This is a long narrative poem that tells stories about the
life, quests, and adventures of a supernatural hero.
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This refers to any imaginative facts and ideas
of life. The characters and settings are purely
works of the author’s mind and may or may
not happen in real life.
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TYPES OF
CHIK LIT FICTION
FLASH SPECULATIV
FICTION E FICTION
NOVEL SHORT
STORY
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CHIK LIT
It addresses issues of modern
womanhood, often
humorously and light-
heartedly. The genre became
popular in the late 1990s. It
"consists of heroine-centered
narratives that focus on the
trials and tribulations of their
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individual protagonists".
FLASH
FICTION
8. Symbols – These are the images and objects used in the story to stand for
something other than themselves.
MAJOR TYPES OF CHARACTERS
Denouement
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TYPES CONFLICT
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THREE POINTS OF VIEW
the story.
TI V E
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CREATIVE
NONFICTION
It is expository in nature and deals with facts
and reality and aims to explain a theory, idea,
and point of view. It refers to a genre of
writing that uses literary styles and
techniques to create a factually accurate
narrative.
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AUTOBIOGRAP BIOGRAPHY ESSAY
HY
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It is a self-written account of life oneself.
The word autobiography literally means
SELF (auto), LIFE (bio), and WRITING
AUTOBIOGRAP
(graph). Or, in other words, an
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autobiography is the story of someone's
life written or otherwise told by that
person.
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An account of someone's life written by
someone else. A detailed description of a
BIOGRAPH person's life. It involves more than just
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relationships, and death; it portrays a
person's experience of these life events.
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This is a piece of writing which
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is often written from an
author’s personal point of view.
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This is a story written which is intended to be
performed and presented on stage. It is the
art of imitating human characters and
actions.
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GENRES OF
TRAGEDY DRAMA
COMEDY TRAGICOME
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FARCE MELODRAM
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TRAGEDY
The tragedy deals with a serious action in
which the consequences are of great
magnitude to the characters involved. The
protagonist realizes the severity of the flaw
too late, which leads to an inevitable downfall.
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COMEDY
8. Theme – The central idea or message that explains what the play is all about.
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