Genres6
ad
adventure
advice column
allegory
alternate ending
anagram/acronym
analysis
anecdote
architectural drawings
art review
artwork
autobiography
bibliography
bibliography (annotated)
billboard
blog
blurb
book jacket/cover
book review
brief
brochure
bumper sticker
caption for photo or
illustration
cartoon
CD liner notes
character analysis
chart/graph
check
checkbook register
collage
comic strip
commentary
commercial
complaint
computer program
Congressional report
contract
costume
cover letter
cowboy poem
criticism
crossword puzzle
customer/client survey
CV
death threat
debate
deed
definition
diagram
dialog
diary entry
dictate
directions
documentary
donor card
double entry journal entry
double entry bookkeeping
drawing
electronic journalism
email
encomium
epic poem
epitaph
essay
• academic
• personal
• critical
eulogy
executive order
fairy tale
family tree
fantasy
fast write
fiction
field notes
film
flyer
folk tale
found poetry
games
Gantt chart
gossip column
graffiti
grant
graph/chart
greeting card
grocery list
haiku
“how-to” guide
instant message
instructions
interview
invitation
jeremiad
job application
joke
journal
journal article (scholarly)
judicial opinion
lab report
law
lease
legal document
lesson plan
lessons learned
letter:
• business
• “Dear Abby”
• “Dear John”
• recommendation
• rejection
• of complaint
• to editor
• friendly
• to public official
limerick
lists
literature review
loan application
love letter
lyric poem
magazine article
map
• geographical, with
legend
• plot or argument
magazine article
manual
matrix
medical records
medical report
memo
menu
movie1
movie review
music video script
mystery
myth
narrative
news report
newsletter
newspaper article
notes
• in general
• for class
• “cliff” notes
novel 2
obituary (death notice)
ode
op-ed piece
out-takes
outline
paper dolls
parable/allegory
parody
pastiche
pattern
photograph
photo album
picture
play (short)
play
poetry 3
police radio call
police report
political speech
political ad
postcard
poster
presidential order
press release
print news article
proclamation
project initiation document
project plan
project proposal
prophesy/prediction
proposal for research
proposal
prose poetry
proverb
psalm
public records
public service
announcement
puppet show script
puzzle
question & answer
questionnaire
quiz
radio show
ransom note
rap
receipt
recipe
reflection
research report
response
resume
review
• book
• play
• article
rhetorical analysis
riddle
satire (Onion article)
screed
(Hunter Thompson)
script
scroll
self-help book
sentencing report
sermon
shopping list
short story
skit
software documentation
songs 4
sonnet
speech
status report
statute
stream of consciousness
street/traffic sign
story
summary
summons
talk show transcript
tattoo
technical report
telegram
telephone conversation
television broadcast5
text
text book
thank you note
timeline
toast
twitter/tweet
video game
vignette
wanted poster
webpage
website
white paper
word cloud
word search
yarn
1
movie: thriller, western, sci-fi, action, romantic comedy
2
literary, Harlequin, sci-fi, western, romance, mystery, action/adventure, biography, realist, surrealist, aurrealist (B. Knott), pastiche
3
haiku, sonnet, “workshop poem,” mock epic, greater romantic lyric, cowboy poetry, limerick, villanelle, clerihew, ghazal, psalm, ode, pastiche
4
country, metal, punk, rock, showtune, theme song
5
game show, sitcom, news, reality tv show, crime procedural, drama
6
last revision May 24, 2013