Lesson 2
Lesson 2
Quarter 1-Module 2
Lesson 2: Conventional and 21st Century Genres
POETRY – imaginative awareness of experience expresses through meaning, sound and rhythmic
language choices to evoke an emotional response.
DRAMA – composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue or pantomime a story involving
conflict more contrast of character, especially on intended to be acted on stage: a play.
FICTION – is literature created from the imagination, not presented as fact, though it may be
based on a true story or situation. Types of literature in the fiction include the novel, short story
and novella.
NON-FICTION – is based on facts and the author’s opinion about a subject. The purpose of non-
fiction writing is to inform and sometimes to persuade. Examples are biographies, articles from
textbooks and magazines and newspapers.