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Things genre often describes ("genre ________")
- titles
- definitions
- criticism
- approach
- divisions
- studies
- based
- labels
- piece
- considerations
- writers
- works
- rules
- figures
- features
- paintings
- label
- fans
- differences
- recognition
- film
- classifications
- categories
- painters
- dependence
- specific
- forms
- writing
- stories
- traditions
- convention
- text
- theory
- conventions
- bending
- comparison
- films
- books
- sets
- names
- critics
- painter
- description
- preference
- pieces
- articles
- readers
- compositions
- busting
- shifts
- theories
- elements
- crossing
- theorists
- analysis
- subjects
- scene
- styles
- picture
- identification
- artists
- classification
- types
- memory
- novels
- novel
- awareness
- terms
- boundaries
- scenes
- sketches
- movies
- texts
- distinctions
- category
- formulas
- preferences
- portraits
- expectations
- themes
- subject
- pictures
- fiction
- painting
How genre often is described ("________ genre")
- classic
- dramatic
- distinct
- popular
- single
- sub
- gothic
- apocalyptic
- pastoral
- entire
- same
- mixed
- western
- specific
- century
- sentimental
- novel
- characteristic
- rhetorical
- cinematic
- latter
- contemporary
- conventional
- classical
- recognizable
- comic
- minor
- particular
- heroic
- difficult
- utopian
- peculiar
- historical
- established
- oral
- novelistic
- new
- poetic
- distinctive
- separate
- hybrid
- theatrical
- fictional
- familiar
- realistic
- biographical
- epic
- epistolary
- dominant
- independent
- medieval
- tragic
- romantic
- story
- literary
- musical
- unique
- autobiographical
- traditional
- documentary
- favorite
- artistic
- conscious
- didactic
- whole
- preferred
