Complete the table below:
Literary Genres
Characteristics
Examples of Subgenres
Poetry
Narrative:
Epic:
Song:
Drama
Tragedy:
Comedy:
Musical:
Prose
Novel:
Short Story:
Literary Genres | Characteristics | Examples of Subgenres
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Poetry | Emphasis on emotion, imagery, and | Haiku, Sonnet, Free Verse
rhythm |
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Narrative | Tells a story or recounts events | Myth, Legend, Fable
in a sequential manner |
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Epic | Long narrative poem that | The Odyssey, The Iliad
chronicles heroic deeds |
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Song | Poem set to music | Ballad, Lullaby, Hymn
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Drama | Performance of a play | Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet
containing dialogue and actions |
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Tragedy | Characters face adversity and | Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth
experience downfall |
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Comedy | Humorous and light-hearted | Much Ado About Nothing,
with a happy ending | A Midsummer Night's
Dream
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Musical | Combines dialogue, singing, | Les Misérables, The Lion King
and dancing |
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Prose | Written in ordinary language | To Kill a Mockingbird,
and paragraphs | 1984
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Novel | Long fictional prose narrative | Pride and Prejudice,
with developed characters | Frankenstein
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Short Story | Brief fictional narrative, usually | The Gift of the Magi,
focused on a single event or theme | The Lottery