Literay styles/genres

The difference between the pairs of words:

1.- poem/ poetry
"Poetry" describes the genre generally, but a "poem" is a single work.

2.- biography/autobiography
"Biography" is the history of someone´s life. "Autobiography" is when the person´s biography is write for himself.

3.- report/recipe
"Report" is a formal document where are given facts about one subject. "Recipe" is a note about the components of one thing and how you can do it.

4.- prose / poetry
"Prose" is the form natural of language.

5.- play / short story
"Play" is one performance in theatre. "Short Story" is the tale of a fantasy in a short way.

6.- novel / fiction

"Novel" is a tale of facts about characters, in there the situations are very similar like the real life. "Fiction" is a fantastic tale.