LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY
GENRE AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
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myth
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drama
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mystery
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folktale
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Detailed explanation-1: -Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator or a detective-whether professional, amateur or retired-investigates a crime, often murder.
Detailed explanation-2: -The mystery genre is a genre of fiction that follows a crime (like a murder or a disappearance) from the moment it is committed to the moment it is solved. Mystery novels are often called “whodunnits” because they turn the reader into a detective trying to figure out the who, what, when, and how of a particular crime.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett (1930) Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie (1934) The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler (1939) Anatomy of a Murder by Robert Traver (1958)
Detailed explanation-4: -Mystery is a fiction genre where the nature of an event, usually a murder or other crime, remains mysterious until the end of the story. Often within a closed circle of suspects, each suspect is usually provided with a credible motive and a reasonable opportunity for committing the crime.