Genres

            Fiction

            Nonfiction

            Drama

            Romance

            Horror

            Biography/autobiography

            Diaries/journals

            Science fiction

            Adventure/survival

            Fantasy

            Sports

            Realistic fiction

            Historical fiction

            Myths/legends

            Western

            Suspense

            Mystery

Plot

            Conflict

            5 Main Types of Conflict

Plot line

            Protagonist

            Antagonist

            Exposition

            Setting

            Conflict beginning

            Rising action

            Climax

            Falling action

            Resolution

Point of View

            1^st Person Main Character

            1^st Person Minor Character

            2^nd Person

            3^rd Person Omniscient

            3^rd Person Outside Observer

            Pronouns for all the points of view

Poetry

            Poetry

Ballad

            Epic

            Limerick

            Sonnet

            Blank verse

            Free verse

            Concrete

            Lyric

            Ode

            Humorous

            Haiku

            Couplet

            Quatrain

Poetic Devices

            Line

            Stanza

            Rhyme

            Rhyme scheme

            End rhyme

            Internal rhyme

            Rhythm

            Repetition

            Alliteration

            Consonance

            Assonance

            Figurative language

Simile

Metaphor

Hyperbole

Personification

Onomatopoeia

Other

            Theme

            Character

            Motivation

            Hubris

            Symbol

            Voice

            Prose vs. Poetry

            Abstract vs. Concrete

            Figurative vs. Literal

            Author vs. Narrator

            Fact vs. Opinion