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Genre by A. Ferrell
Study Review for Genre
Question | Answer |
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genre | type |
genre | category |
genre | a way of sorting or organizing |
subcategory | a smaller grouping of information |
areas that have genres (and subgenres or subcategories) | music, movies, literature |
two major literary genres | fiction and nonfiction |
fiction | not true (fake) |
non-fiction | true stories or information |
two forms of non-fiction | informational text & narrative non-fiction |
narrative non-fiction | true story |
informational text | information such as textbooks, recipes, instructional manuals, or news |
author's purpose | persuade, inform, entertain |
author's tone | the author's attitude toward what they write |
author | person who wrote a story |