Genres

wedding march
a march to be played for a wedding procession
 
three-D
a movie with images having three dimensional form or appearance
 
dance music
a genre of popular music composed for ballroom dancing
 
pop
music of general appeal to teenagers; a bland watered-down version of rock'n'roll with more rhythm and harmony and an emphasis on romantic love
 
prose
ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
 
mystery story
a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie
 
short story
a prose narrative shorter than a novel
 
primitivism
a genre characteristic of (or imitative of) primitive artists or children
 
magic realism
a literary or artistic genre in which realistic narrative or meticulously realistic painting are combined with surreal elements of fantasy or dreams
 
melodrama
an extravagant comedy in which action is more salient than characterization
 
feature
a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine
 
postmodernism
genre of art and literature and especially architecture in reaction against principles and practices of established modernism
 
magazine article
an article published in a magazine
 
lead
a news story of major importance
 
heroic poetry
poetry celebrating the deeds of some hero
 
pointillism
a genre of painting characterized by the application of paint in dots and small strokes; developed by Georges Seurat and his followers in late 19th century France
 
hot jazz
jazz that is emotionally charged and intense and marked by strong rhythms and improvisation
 
rock music
a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western
 
seriocomedy
a comedy with serious elements or overtones
 
newsreel
a short film and commentary about current events
 
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