Creative Writing: High School: Genres, List 1

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  1. genre
    a kind of literary or artistic work
  2. fiction
    a literary work based on the imagination
  3. drama
    the literary genre of works intended for the theater
  4. comedy
    light and humorous drama with a happy ending
  5. farce
    a comedy characterized by broad satire
  6. satire
    a literary genre that uses humor to ridicule human failings and vices
  7. fantasy
    fiction with a large amount of imagination in it
  8. science fiction
    genre involving the imagined impact of technology on society
  9. horror
    a genre of fiction that evokes suspense and feelings of fear
  10. thriller
    a suspenseful story, play, or movie
  11. gothic
    characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque
  12. mystery
    a story about a crime presented as a novel or play or movie
  13. romance
    a story dealing with love
  14. myth
    a traditional story serving to explain a world view
  15. mythology
    the body of stories associated with a culture or institution
Created on Tue Jul 26 13:58:14 EDT 2022 (updated Tue Jun 03 09:35:35 EDT 2025)

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