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Literary genres and subgenres - Coggle Diagram
Literary genres and subgenres
Drama
Comedy
- a humorous drama with a happy ending
Tragedy
- a sad drama with a sad ending
Fiction
Fantasy
- a story in a fantasy world
Folklore
- old culturial stories (includes fairytales, fables, myths, legends, and tall tales)
Historical fiction
- a fiction story based on real history
Mystery
- a story about a crime
Realistic fiction
- a story that seems real but isn`t real
Romance
- a love story
Science fiction
- a story in the future with advanced technology
Thriller or suspense
- a story that makes readers nervous or excited
Non-fiction
Biography
- a story of a person`s life
Autobiography
- a strory the author whires about himself or herself
Narrative non-fiction
- a story (or narrative) that happened in real life
Periodicals
- magazines, newspapers, and journals that are written regularly
Reference materials
- books with facts in alphabetical order (dictionary, thesaurus and encyclopedia
Poetry
Lyric
- a poem about the speaker`s thoughts (includes elegy, ode, and sonnet, and haiku)
Narrative
- a poem that tells a story (includes epic)
Dramatic
- words spoken by a character (includes soliloquy dialogue, and monologue)