Words / B1

ZHONR-uh/ˈʒɒnrə/

A genre is a type of art or writing: a literary genre; genre fiction; the thriller genre. Category and type are everyday twins. Do not call one novel a genre. Exam papers ask you to identify genre from an extract. Pronunciation is /ˈʒɒnrə/, not “jenner”.

Meaning

A type of art, film, or writing with a typical style.

Examples

• “The question asked you to identify the genre of the extract.”
• “Crime is a popular genre in the prison library, which is the category sense.”

Good to know

a genre of; literary / film genre. Everyday: type / category. Pronunciation: ZHON-ruh. Not one single book. Exam: identify the genre.

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