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| 14413350508 | Allegory | Tells a literal story by using another figurative story to create ambiguity to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. | 0 | |
| 14413538753 | Autobiography | An author's story of his or her own life in first-person POV. | 1 | |
| 14413542910 | Biography | A third person POV account of another's life. | 2 | |
| 14413551392 | Blog Post | An entry on a personal or professional website called a blog. | 3 | |
| 14413560691 | Creative Nonfiction | A relatively new genre; tells true stories using the tools fiction writers use (such as plot narratives, imagery, dialogue, etc.); topics are diverse | 4 | |
| 14413566037 | Critique | A critique points out the strengths and weaknesses of a work, similar to a review. | 5 | |
| 14413574354 | Debate | A spoken event in which participants argue a controversial issue; a political debate features candidates who give their own POV on topics. | 6 | |
| 14413585505 | Diary | An account that is kept daily, by an individual to record events of his or her life and to express his or her views. | 7 | |
| 14413590775 | Excerpt | A short portion of a large text meant to stand on its own. | 8 | |
| 14413594784 | Editorial | Written by the editor of a newspaper, expresses the POV of the editor or the editorial staff on an issue prominent in the news. Typically short and persuasive. | 9 | |
| 14413614332 | Eyewitness Account | A first person report of an individual who observes an important or significant event. | 10 | |
| 14413619399 | Fable | A narrative meant to teach a ;esson in which the characters are sometimes animal representatives of human types or specific human beings, especially of used for satirical purposes. | 11 | |
| 14413630141 | Genre | The major category into which a literary work fits; there are basic divisions, then subdivisions. | 12 | |
| 14413637222 | History | A factual account of an event or period in time; a commentary is one person's POV, so opinion is based on research, fact, or observation. | 13 | |
| 14413644255 | Homily | A sermon or lecture, generally narrative in style, with a moralizing purpose; can include any serious talk or speech involving moral or spiritual advice. | 14 | |
| 14413652688 | Image | Graph, chart, photograph, or other infographic or visual image. | 15 | |
| 14413657338 | Letter/Epistle | the term "epistolary form" means in letter form; can take various forms, from business letters to personal correspondence; viewed as historical documents or literary works; written for a variety of purposes | 16 | |
| 14413665286 | Literary Criticism | beyond a review, this measures a work of literature against current standards; an analysis of a work that investigates a certain aspect of the work (such as symbolism or irony); may also discuss the work as seen through a specific literary theory (such as feminist or Freudian) | 17 | |
| 14413667364 | Memoir | a personal narrative that reflects upon one's own life experiences; differs from an autobiography in that it often reads more like a novel and less like a chronological account. | 18 | |
| 14413676046 | Monologue | one voice, generally first-person, that narrates a train of thought or consciousness on one topic; typically spoken on the stage for an audience. | 19 | |
| 14413681493 | Narrative | the telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events. | 20 | |
| 14413692535 | Personal Reminiscence | first-person account of a particular event in time. | 21 | |
| 14413693617 | political cartoon | generally a one-celled comic; primarily satire, which hopes to point out inadequacies or corruption in the political sphere | 22 | |
| 14413694310 | Prose | one of the major divisions of genre, prose refers to fiction or nonfiction, including all its forms; in prose, the printer determines the length of the line whereas in poetry, the poet determines the length of the line. | 23 | |
| 14413706218 | Review | gives the writer's informed opinion about the quality of literary works, movies, or other visual media, art, music, even restaurants; reviewers are called critics. | 24 | |
| 14413725292 | Satire | A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions by showing its faults, either with a friendly nudge or a sharp-edged jabs, to inspire reform. | 25 | |
| 14413745734 | Sermon | A speech given by the clergy to the congregation; typically didactic in nature. | 26 | |
| 14413756349 | Social Criticism | various sub-genres (satire, essay, speech, etc.) meant to criticize current social trends, philosophies, standards, mores, etc. | 27 | |
| 14413758608 | Speech | oral essay/commentary; spoken to an intended audience, which impacts word choice, etc. | 28 | |
| 14413765309 | Travelogue/Place Essay | the setting provides the basis for the writing; the author recognizes something significant in the setting | 29 | |
| 14413769501 | Treatise | a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay. | 30 |
