#writing_style__writingstyle__literary_genre__genre a style of expressing yourself in writing
supertype: expressive_style__style a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper"
subtype: drama the literary genre of works intended for the theater
subtype: closet_drama drama more suitable for reading that for performing
subtype: comedy light and humorous drama with a happy ending
subtype: black_comedy__blackcomedy comedy that uses black humor
subtype: commedia_dell'arte Italian comedy of the 16th to 18th centuries improvised from standardized situations and stock characters
subtype: farce_comedy__farcecomedy__farce__travesty a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
subtype: high_comedy a sophisticated comedy; often satirizing genteel society
subtype: low_comedy__lowcomedy a comedy characterized by slapstick and burlesque
subtype: melodrama an extravagant comedy in which action is more salient than characterization
subtype: seriocomedy__tragicomedy a comedy with serious elements or overtones
subtype: situation_comedy.comedy__situationcomedy a humorous drama based on situations that might arise in day-to-day life
subtype: slapstick a boisterous comedy with chases and collisions and practical jokes
subtype: tragedy drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity
subtype: tragicomedy a dramatic composition involving elements of both tragedy and comedy usually with the tragic predominating
subtype: prose ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
subtype: euphuism an elegant style of prose of the Elizabethan period; characterized by balance and antithesis and alliteration and extended similes with and allusions to nature and mythology
subtype: nonfiction__nonfictional_prose prose writing that is not fictional
subtype: article nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication
subtype: newspaper_column__newspapercolumn__column__editorial an article giving opinions or perspectives
subtype: agony_column__agonycolumn a newspaper column devoted to personal problems
subtype: feature_article__featurearticle__feature a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine; "they ran a feature on retirement planning"
subtype: magazine_article an article published in a magazine
subtype: news_article__news_story__newspaper_article__newspaperarticle an article reporting news
subtype: lead_story__lead a news story of major importance
subtype: personal a short newspaper article about a particular person or group
subtype: sidebar a short news story presenting sidelights on a major story
subtype: offprint__reprint__separate a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication
subtype: paper.article a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses; "he has written many scientific papers"
subtype: interior_monologue a literary genre that presents a fictional character's sequence of thoughts in the form of a monologue
subtype: stream_of_consciousness a literary genre that reveals a character's thoughts and feeling as they develop by means of a long soliloquy
subtype: prose_poem__prosepoem prose that resembles poetry
subtype: polyphonic_prose a rhythmical prose employing the poetic devices of alliteration and assonance
subtype: form.writing_style an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse; "the essay was in the form of a dialogue"; "he first sketches the plot in outline form"
subtype: poesy__poetry__verse literature in metrical form
subtype: epos a body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme
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