[@tsukune] I only categorize by age group because it makes finding them easier in a library.  ^.^;;

I've seen very few anime/manga that are episodic, or perhaps I just missed it.  Usually the smallest plot is at least two, sometimes three to five eps.  Maybe I'm just not watching the right ones.  "Episodic" means that each episode stands alone --

Huh.  Well I looked it up, and episodic as a general word means loosely connected -- leading to my interpretation of each episode having a distinct plot arc that starts and ends with that ep, and only loose connections between them.  But the TV definition says "occurring in installments", which I would interpret as broken into pieces, as with the older Doctor Who broadcasts, or something like a two-parter for a standard series, or even a tv mini-series (which is usually a long thing split into multiple pieces to accommodate airing restrictions).  So now I'm not clear what episodic means, and it seems you are using it the opposite way that I use it.  O.o

I didn't think that light novels have lots of pictures.  And I totally use a bit of flair when conversing.  Standard language can have poetry just as easily as pompous prose, and I have encountered very few professionally written books that don't feel smooth.  Then again, a single poetic turn of phrase is probably not a make-or-break example, so I don't know.  Usually dialogue is written as would be expected of the time period, and then narrative may be the same or it may be different.  I've seen straight-forward narrative written like the narrator was speaking to the audience, be it first person or in the manner of Lemony Snicket.  Not only that, but you can be conversational and /still/ poetic.  It might be more a manner of familiarity with the audience than what words you choose.  Something as simple as "Shall we?" might feel poetic, and a jargon-filled spiel between computer programmers can be casual conversation.  *shrugs*