Types or classes of literature. The most "known" genres are the Novel, Poetry, Drama but there are a host of sub genres, for example tragedy and comedy; short story" autobiography; graphic novel; speech; letter...Charles Dickens is most known for his novels; Arthur Miller for his plays; Sylvia Plath for her poems.A Japanese form of poetry that consists of short, unrhymed lines. The most common form of Haiku comprises...