Fiction: the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narrations, especially in prose form. – It is separate from nonfiction. – It may include poetry and drama. – It is especially useful for showing pathos.

#1 Notes Definition: a brief work of literature, usually written in prose. Emerging from earlier oral storytelling traditions in the 17 th century, it has grown to encompass a body of work so diverse as to defy easy characterization. In the simplest form, it features a small cast of named characters and focuses on a self-contained incident with the intent of evoking a “single effect” or mood. Form: Short Story

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#2 Notes Definition: a genre of literature and sometimes graphic and performing arts, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule. Some people see in it an intent of shaming individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement. Although it is usually meant to be humorous, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism, using wit as a weapon and as a tool to draw attention to both particular and wider issues in society. One feature is strong irony or sarcasm, but parody, burlesque, exaggeration, juxtaposition, comparison, analogy, and double entendre are all frequently used in satirical speech and writing. Form: Satire

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#3 Notes Definition: a record (originally in handwritten format) with discrete entries arranged by date reporting on what has happened over the course of a day or other period. A personal one may include a person’s experiences, and/or thoughts or feelings, including a comment on current events outside the writer’s direct experience. Form: Diary

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#4 Notes Definition: the term may be sometimes substituted for “diary,” but generally a diary has (or intends to have) daily entries, whereas journal-writing can be less frequent. Form: Journal

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#5 Notes Definition: a narrative mode or device that seeks to depict the multitudinous thoughts and feelings which pass through the mind. Another term for it is interior monologue. Form: Stream of Consciousness

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#6 Notes Definition: a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities. – There are many different types of poems such as ballad, slam, epic, lyric, ode, sonnet, villanelle, etc. Form: Poem

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#7 Notes Definition: a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities and is spoken by two people. The words or the two people are woven together to tell a story, make an argument, etc. Some lines are spoken together, while other lines are spoken separately. Form: Poem for Two Voices

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#8 Notes Definition: a set of words that make up a song, usually consisting of verses and choruses. The meaning of the lyrics can either be explicit or implicit. Form: Song Lyrics

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#9 Notes ***See Logos Notes (a nonfiction genre that can also convey pathos) Definition: a specific type of news article that reports the recent death of a person, typically along with an account of the person’s life and information about the upcoming funeral. Form: Obituary

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#10 Notes Definition: a form of literature written by a playwright, usually consisting of scripted dialogue between characters intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. Form: Play

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#11 Notes Definition: a testimonial, compliment, or the like, given as due or in acknowledgement of gratitude or esteem. Form: Tribute

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#12 Notes Definition: a detailed description or account of a person’s life. It entails more than basic facts like education, work, relationship, and death – it also portrays a subject’s experience of these events. Form: Biography

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#13 Notes Definition: a written account of the life of a person written by that person. Form: Autobiography – This one would be difficult to do as you would have to put yourself in the place of the person writing it.

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#14 Notes Definition: fiction that is extremely brief, typically only a few hundred words or fewer in its entirety; it may not fully develop a story. Form: Flash Fiction

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