EnglishYears 12–13A-Level Literature

Genre study

Explore literary genres (tragedy, comedy, gothic, dystopia) and genre conventions across texts

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    A genre is a type of story — like a recipe is different from a poem. 🎭

  2. 2

    Which of these is a genre? 🧐

  3. 3

    Here are three book covers. Each one gives clues about its genre. 👀

  4. 4

    Let's figure out the genre of 'The Haunted House'. 🏚️

  5. 5

    Drag the genre label to the right book cover. 🏷️

  6. 6

    A story about a wizard school is most likely what genre? 🧙‍♂️

  7. 7

    Which clue helps you guess the genre? 🤔

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