Repertoire of elements= identifiable aspects of texts belonging to the corpus in genre theory

corpus= A group of texts identified with belonging to the same genre

Hybridisation= The mixing of one genre with another

Historic specificity= Belonging to a specific time period

Repetition and sameness= The tendency of genre texts to repeat aspects of successful formulas

Variation and change= The tendency of genre texts to reformulate with new qualities to prevent audiences from becoming bored of a formula

Narrative image= the expectations of a genre text based on its label often passed by word of mouth

Expectations and hypotheses= Requirements to be fulfilled and narrative and other predictions made by an audience based on their prior experience of a genre

Suspend disbelief= allowing yourself to be immersed in a fictional world