1.

Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston: It’s based on Hurston’s
interviews with the last remaining survivor of the Middle Passage slave trade, a man named
Cudjo Lewis.

Genre: Prose Nonfiction Subgenre: Biography

Explanation:

This literature was based on a real-life events that happened and it portrays the life of Cudjo Lewis, the
remaining survivor of slave trade. We can define this as a biography because it was written by another
person which is Zora Neale Hurston.

2. The Laramie Project: It is based upon a true story that is the most tragic aspect of the play. The
Laramie Project is a documentary-styled play that analyzes the death of Matthew Shepard, an
openly gay college student who was brutally murdered because of his sexual identity.

Genre: Poetry Drama Subgenre: Tragedy

Explanation:

This is an example of a play which is mostly played in the theatre with live persons watching. The play
exudes a horrifying events that leads to a downfall of a character.

3. What My Lips Have Kissed, and Where, and Why by Edna St. Vincent Millay: It is a poem told
from the perspective of a speaker who cannot remember the lovers of her past, only the happy
state she must once have inhabited.

Genre: Poetry Dramatic Subgenre: Dramatic Monologue

Explanation:

The speaker of this literature is not the poet herself but from another perspective. It is in the
perspective of a person who are voicing out her thought and its listeners is silent but the presence is in
there.

4. Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario: This life story of Enrique’s perilous journey is not for the
faint of heart, but it is an account of incredible devotion and sharp commentary on the pain of
separation among immigrant families.

Genre: Prose Nonfiction Subgenre: Biography

Explanation:

The real-life story of Enrique was portrayed and it is a commentary which is it is a life of a person that is
being told.

 
 5. Romeo and Juliet: Juliet lies asleep but Romeo believes that she is dead, so he prepares to drink
poison in order to join her.

Genre: Prose Fiction Subgenre: Novel

Explanation:

It is contains a story within an imagination of a human, it is created by a person with great thoughts. This
is a novel because it has portrays a lot of plots. It can be also a tragedy because it is about a downfall of
a man.

6. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll: A story of a curious girl who falls down a
rabbit hole into a magical, tantalizing and terrifying world populated by anthropomorphic
animals never ceases to ignite children’s imaginations.

Genre: Prose Fiction Subgenre: Fantasy

Explanation:

This is a story of an imaginative writer because the setting of the story is out of this world. It is an
example of a fantasy because it took place in a magical world with magical creatures.

7. The Mustard Seed: This story compares the tiny mustard seed to the large plant it will one day
become – a great shrub as much as 9 feet tall.

Genre: Prose Fiction Subgenre: Parable

Explanation:

It maybe not happened in a real life which makes it a fiction but this kind of literature gives a lesson that
can be applied in a real life situation. This story portrays a seed that will grow, it symbolizes the growth
as a human being personally.

8. Theodore Roosevelt, “Duties of American Citizenship”: Given while serving as a New York

assemblyman, TR's address on the "Duties of American Citizenship" delved into both the
theoretical reasons why every man should be involved in politics and the practical means of
serving in that capacity.

Genre: Prose Nonfiction Subgenre: Speech

Explanation:

This is a nonfiction because it was given by Theodore Roosevelt in an event happened in the past. It
express and address the thoughts of the author with articulation.

 
 9. ADONAÏS by P.B. Shelley: In it, Shelley uses the untimely death of the Greek god of fertility,
Adonis, as an extended metaphor for the death of Keats.

Genre: Poetry Lyric Subgenre: Elegy

Explanation:

It gives expression and feelings to its reader. This is written about a death of a god but it is
metaphorically for another poet.

10. The Blazing World and Other Writings by Margaret Cavendish: It tells the story of a woman
from our earth who travels to another world via a portal at the North Pole, where she becomes
empress of a society made up of fantastical half-animal half-human species.

Genre: Prose Fiction Subgenre: Science Fiction

Explanation:

This story is not based on life or happenings in this world instead it is fueled by imagination. It is a
scientific themed story but it is only imagined and it contradicts the facts of science.