Literary Genres Genre means a category, or type of literature. All books can be divided into two categories



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  • Literary Genres
  • All books can be divided into two categories:
  • fiction nonfiction
  • a made up story
  • can tell about things that could happen
  • is read for fun
  • characters may be like real people or imaginary
  • facts that can be checked and proven
  • the author is an expert on this information
  • it IS TRUE!

Categories of Genre

  • There are many genres of books. Here are some of the common ones:
  • Realistic fiction
  • Historical fiction
  • Science fiction
  • Adventure
  • Mystery
  • Fantasy
  • Myths
  • Folktales
  • Fables
  • Fairy tales
  • Tall tales
  • Informational
  • Poetry
  • Biography

Realistic Fiction

  • Stories are set in the real world.
  • Contains characters who seem believable.
  • The reader believes that the story could “really happen.”

Examples of Realistic Fiction

  • Because of Winn Dixie
  • Crash
  • Owl Moon
  • Shiloh
  • Summer of the Swans
  • Babysitter Club series

Historical Fiction

  • Stories set in times past.
  • Blends history with fiction.
  • Historical fiction helps us understand what life might have been like during a particular time period.

Examples of Historical Fiction

  • A Boy at War
  • Across Five Aprils
  • Ben and Me
  • The Butterfly
  • Charlie Skedaddle
  • Sign of the Beaver
  • Titanic Crossing
  • Dear America Series

Science fiction

  • Stories that blend fact and fiction with futuristic technology
  • May involve magic or time travel.

Examples of Science Fiction

  • Aliens for Breakfast
  • A Wrinkle in Time
  • My Best Friend is Invisible
  • Star Wars
  • The Time Machine

Adventure

  • Setting many times in the wild.
  • Main character must make decisions that will determine if he or she will survive.
  • Main character usually grows and finds strength of character in the situation.
  • Exciting plots.

Examples of Adventure

Mystery

  • Deals with a problem that must be solved.
  • Something or someone is missing.
  • Strange events keep happening.
  • A detective or main character looks for clues in order to solve the mystery.

Examples of Mystery

  • The House of Dies Drear
  • Never Say Die
  • The Treehouse Mystery
  • Mystery of the Midnight Message
  • The Hardy Boys Series
  • Boxcar Children Mysteries

Fantasy

  • The reader must suspend belief.
  • Many times the story takes place in another world.
  • May involve magic or time travel.
  • Sometimes animals can talk or have human characteristics.

Examples of Fantasy

Myths, Folk Tales, Fables, Fairy Tales, and Tall tales

  • Myth
  • A story that usually explains something about the world and involves gods and other superhuman beings.

Examples of Myths

  • Baucis and Philemon
  • Medusa’s Head
  • Quetzalcoatl
  • Daedalus and Icarus

Folk Tale

  • A folk tale is a story with no known author. Folk tales are passed down from one generation to another by word of mouth.

Examples of Folk Tales

Fable

  • A fable is a very brief story in prose or in verse that teaches a moral or a practical lesson about how to succeed in life.

Examples of Fables

  • The Crow and the Jar
  • The Wolf and the House Dog
  • The Fox and the Crow
  • The Country Mouse and the City Mouse
  • The Maid and the Milk Pail

Fairy tale

  • A fairy tale is a type of imaginative writing that carries the reader into an invented world where the laws of nature, as we know them, do not operate.

Examples of Fairy Tales

  • Cinderella
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  • Ella Enchanted
  • Cinder Edna
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  • http://www.jlmatrix.co.uk/joanna/images/enchanted1.jpg
  • Tall Tale
  • A fictional story that stretches the truth.
  • The heroes or sheroes are "larger than life.“
  • Characters are given exaggerated characteristics
  • Some classic tall tale heroes and sheroes are Paul Bunyan, Davy Crockett, Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett, Pecos Bill, and Slue-Foot Sue.

Informational

  • Tells facts that can be looked-up or proven
  • tells about real events
  • characters have really lived
  • may have maps, diagrams and illustrations to explain the facts
  • author is an expert on the subject

Examples of Informational Writing

  • Dirt Bikes
  • Flying Animals
  • Danger! Earthquakes
  • Newspapers
  • Encyclopedias

Poetry

  • Poetry is verse written to inspire thoughts and feelings in the reader.
  • It often uses rhyme and rhythm, or it can be written in free verse.

Examples of Poetry

  • Where the Sidewalk Ends
  • New Kid on the Block
  • Chocolate Dreams: Poems
  • Mammalabilia
  • A Pizza the Size of the Sun
  • Love That Dog

Biography

  • The true story of a real person’s life from the past or present.

Examples of Biography

  • Tiger Woods: An American Master
  • The HomerunKings: BabeRuth and
  • Henry Aaron
  • Clara Barton, a Red Cross Pioneer
  • Sacagawea

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