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 ELEMENTS OF GENRES
GENRE:
-Genre is a type or category of artistic, musical, or literary composition
characterized by a particular style, form, or content.

Genre are consists of four elements or parts:

-Character,
-Story,
-Plot and setting.

An equation for remembering the genre is: Story (Action) + Plot +

Character + Setting = Genre. This becomes an easy way to remember
the elements of a genre.
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 ELEMENTS OF GENRES
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS

THEME - A theme is a universal idea, lesson, or message explored

throughout a work of literature or literary work that may be
started directly or indirectly.

-It is also define as a main idea or an underlaying meaning of a

literary work.

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 ELEMENTS OF GENRES
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS

TONE - reveals the author’s attitude about a subject or topic to their

reader. It can be delivered in different ways, like through word choice,
punctuation, and sentence structure.

-It’s similar to when you’re engaging with someone in person. Your facial
expression, vocal pitch, and body language might convey a certain tone
that informs the language you use in conversation.

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 ELEMENTS FOR SPECIFIC FORMS

Conventional Forms – Generally refer to established or

traditional structures, patterns, or practices in various fields,
such as art, literature, or social behavior. These forms are
widely recognized and followed as a standard or norm. In the
context of literature or poetry, conventional forms might
include things like sonnets, haikus, or limericks, which have
specific rules and structures. In other contexts, conventional
forms can refer to accepted customs, traditions, or norms in
society.
Depending on the language you write, conventional forms
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 Conventional Forms of Poetry
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Diona

Tanaga

Haiku

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 “ Diona
Diona is a Filipino tercet(three lines)of
heptasyllabic(seven syllables). These poems are
usually untitled. ”
Examples:

Ang marikit na tula Tula ri’y isinilang

Kapag‘yong binabasa’y Kagaya nating supling
Abot-tanaw na tala. Niyang Sangkalawakan.
–Noahlyn C. Maranan –Noahlyn C. Maranan

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 “ Tanaga
Tanaga is a Filipino mono-rhyming (identical
rhyme)quatrain(four lines)or heptasyllabic(seven
lines). These poems are usually untitled.
Examples:
”
Musika ng katawan Hinuli ko ang dila,
Pintig ng kalikasan Hinabi ko ang tugma.
Ihahabing lawaran Singko sentimong tula:
Sa aking taludturan. Butas-butas ang gitna!
–Mark Angeles –Mark Angeles
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 “ Haiku is adapted from the (who traditionally write it
Haiku
in one line), comes as a tercet(three lines) with a total
of 17 syllables distributed over 3 lines in a 5-7-5
syllabic pattern.
Examples:
”
Furu ike ya An ocean voyage,
Kawazu tobikomu as waves break over the bow,
Mizu no oto. the sea welcomes me.
–Basho - Anonymous

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 MAIN CATEGORIES OF GENRES

Non-fiction – real, factual, deals with actual people, places, and events.

Fiction – unreal, not true, not factual, and a made up story.

Poetry – literature that evokes a concentrated imaginative awareness of

experiences or a specific emotional response through language
chosen and arranged for its meaning, sound and rhythm.

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 DRAMA – a play or script, Formal type of literature intended for performance, where
the text is written in the form of character lines and the author's remarks and
is usually divided into acts and scenes.

FOLKLORE –Story once passed down orally, the whole of oral traditions shared by a
particular group of people, culture or subculture

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 SUB-CATEGOTIES OF GENRE

• BIOGRAPHY
• AUTOBIOGRAPHY
• HISTORICAL FICTION
• LEGEND
• MYTHOLOGY
• FABLES

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 Biography
According to (Wikipedia), A biography, or simply bio, is a detailed
description of a person's life. It involves more than just basic facts
like education, work, relationships, and death; it portrays a
person's experience of these life events. Unlike a profile or
curriculum vitae (résumé), a biography presents a subject's life
story, highlighting various aspects of their life, including intimate
details of experience, and may include an analysis of the subject's
personality.

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 Biography Characteristics

• Provides an account of a person's life, usually from early life through

death.

• Draws on primary and secondary sources

• Sets life story in historical context

• Often uses literary elements, such as dialogue

• Often includes maps, photos, or other historical documents

• Conveys the biographer's point of view and purpose for reporting on the
person's life
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 Autobiography

The word "autobiography" was first used deprecatingly by William Taylor in 1797
in the English periodical The Monthly Review, when he suggested the word as a
hybrid, but condemned it as "pedantic".

Autobiography thus takes stock of the autobiographer's life from the moment of
composition. While biographers generally rely on a wide variety of documents
and viewpoints, autobiography may be based entirely on the writer's memory.

• Story of a real person's life.

• Written by the person the story is about.
• Author does not need to do research.
• Author shares how he/she feels and what he she thinks.
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 Characteristics of an Autobiography

• Autobiography (story of a person's life as written by that person)

• Characteristics of an autobiography

• Usually a chronological, narrative account of a person's life.

• Author relates their life story to crucial historical events

• Author offers personal evaluations of their actions and speculates on the

significance of certain actions and events that connect to others

• "Auto = self Graphia = writing

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 Historical Fiction

- is a literary genre in which a fictional plot takes place in the setting

of particular real historical events. Although the term is commonly
used as a synonym for historical fiction literature, it can also be
applied to other types of narrative, including theatre, opera, cinema,
and television, as well as video games and graphic novels.

• Based on historical events.

• Authentic settings.
• Characters portrayed in realistic manner.
• Some characters may be actual people from history, but the story is fictional.
• Artistic mix of fiction and historical fact.

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 Legend

- is a genre of folklore that consists of a narrative featuring human

actions, believed or perceived to have taken place in human history.
Narratives in this genre may demonstrate human values, and possess
certain qualities that give the tale verisimilitude. Legend, for its
active and passive participants, may include miracles. Legends may
be transformed over time to keep them fresh and vital.
• Stories written about a real life hero and his/her mighty deeds.
• Mix of fiction and historical facts that have been creatively altered to
encourage moral conduct and right choices.
• Leaves questions/wonder in the reader's minds (Did Mike Fink really wrestle
a grizzly bear?).
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 Values of legends in children's literature

1. Literature deals with religious facts. Religious facts can help children
in strengthening their faith in god.
2. Legend deals with historical backgrounds. They awaken the national
consciousness of children.
3. They develop vivid and fantastic imagination.
4. Some legends give the children a moral lesson. They serve as a guide
on what is right an what is wrong.
5. Legends help acquaint children with the cultural phase of the country.
6. They give pleasure and enjoyment to children.

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 MYTH /
MYTHOLOGY

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 Myths/ Mythology

- is a folklore genre consisting of narratives that play a fundamental role in a

society, such as foundational tales or origin myths.

- a story of the gods, a religious account of the beginning of the world, the
creation, fundamental events, the exemplary deeds of the gods as a result of
which the world, nature and culture were created together with all parts
thereof and given their order, which still obtains. A myth expresses and
confirms society's religious values and norms, it provides a pattern of behavior
to be imitated, testifies to the efficacy of ritual with its practical ends and
establishes the sanctity of cult.

• Pertains to the actions of the gods and/or goddesses.

• Characters are super-natural beings with human emotions and qualities.
• Plot may involve interplay between worlds (this world and previous original world).
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 FABLES
- is a literary genre defined as a succinct fictional story, in prose or verse, that
features animals, legendary creatures, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of
nature that are anthropomorphized, and that illustrates or leads to a particular
moral lesson (a "moral"), which may at the end be added explicitly as a concise
maxim or saying.

- fable differs from a parable in that the latter excludes animals, plants,
inanimate objects, and forces of nature as actors that assume speech or other
powers of humankind. Conversely, an animal tale specifically includes talking
animals as characters.

-Short didactic story which illustrates one or more instructive lessons or

principles.
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 Classics

Form of fiction (not true)

Timelessness: enjoyed by readers from generation to generation.
Deals with universal themes and experiences that relate to readers, such as:
love conquers all
good vs. evil
rags to riches
Communicates ideas across cultures
Unforgettable characters.

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