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CSET Multisubject
Language and Literature/Genres
Term | Definition |
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Genres | Novels, short stories, folk tales, myths, poetry |
Folk Tales | legends, fairy tales, animal folk tales |
Poetry | Works written in verse, sometimes with a meter or rhyme |
Short story style | Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, denouement (resolution) |
Myths | Evoke events of a time long past, and they generally concern the adventure and misadventure of gods, giants, heroes, nymphs and larger-than-life villains, creation stories, why stories |
Novels | Same basic literary conventions as do short stories, but they expand them by presenting more complicated plots, adding subplots and creating more nuanced characters and plots. |