Research: What is Genre?

Genre: Genre is a specific type of classification used for works of art, literature, music, or other creative pursuits. Items in a given genre often have common themes, a similar audience, etc. It is used specifically to describe classification of creative works because it has a certain sense of greyed boundaries that a word like "class" doesn't.

Additional Explanation:
The two major categories, or genres, are fiction (about things, events, and characters that are not true) and nonfiction (about things, events, and people that are based on fact). From these two major categories, we can classify even further. For example, fiction can be divided into poetry, drama (plays), or prose. Those categories tell us something about the form of the work. Further, we also classify fiction according to layout and style. There are picture books, which contain words and pictures, novellas or short novels, and short stories, which are much shorter than novellas. 

Types of Genre: 

Genre: Animation 
Easy to tell the genre because of the bright colours, special effects and the characters.

There are many more genres for example horror, comedy, action and etc.