| Albe Novels, poetry, and drama are all genres, or types, of literature. These genres can reveal important insights
about human nature, as well as protest injustices in the world or make social criticisms. The authors of
literary pieces use characters, setting, and plot to analyze themes such as love, maturity, and death.
The author's use of vocabulary in this passage helps to
literature
persuade the reader to write
inform the reader about
criticize the elements of
express feelings or attitudes about