PROSE FICTION
POETRY
DRAMA
1

A type of prose fiction that can be read in a single sitting and typically focus on a single plot instead of multiple subplots.

Short Story

1

A poem that is used to lament (a passionate expression of grief or sorrow) the death person.

Elegy

1

A genre of drama based on human suffering and, mainly, the terrible or sorrowful events that befall a main character.

Tragic Story

2

An imaginary story, usually written down, that someone tells in everyday, natural language.

Prose Fiction

2

Long narrative poem recounting heroic deeds.

Epic

2

genre in which the goal is to make audiences laugh.

Comedy

3

The most common type of prose fiction and is the lengthiest among the rest.

Novel

3

Type of poem that is sung and/or accompanied by the playing musical instrument.

Lyrical Poem

3

They contain exaggerated characters, unfortunate events but usually resolve with a happy ending. (It contains elements of both comedy and tragedy)

Tragicomedy

4

A narrative prose fiction whose length is shorter than most novels, but longer than most short stories.

Novella

4

Type of literature based on the interplay of words and rhythm.

Poetry

5

The world’s first novel.

Daniel Defoe’s, Robinson Crusoe (1919)

5

A fourteen-line poem divided into the octave (the first eight lines and the sestet (the last six lines).  

Sonnet