genre
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The four-piece from Sheffield started out in 2004 in the deathcore genre, a form of metal known for its heavy and aggressive sound.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
And he didn’t caveat it with ‘crime novelist’ or genre.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
Recognizing that the film-noir genre, to which “Point Blank” loosely belongs, had become reliant on melodramatic clichés, Mr. Boorman practiced the fine art of removal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
It samples the signature whistle of the Western classic The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, but Ware admits that's where her knowledge of the movie genre ends.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
His creator, Edgar Allan Poe, is credited with starting the detective fiction genre in 1841.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
Vocabulary lists containing genre
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 3
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