types of literature ms. brooks feb. 2006. what’s your favorite genre? when you speak of genre and...
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Types of Literature
Ms. Brooks
Feb. 2006
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What’s your favorite genre?When you speak of genre and literature, genre means a category or kind of story.
• Fiction• Nonfiction• Drama• Poetry
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FICTION
• Realistic Fiction
• Historical Fiction
• Science Fiction
• Folktale/Legends
• Fantasy/Fairytales
• Mystery
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Realistic Fiction
• A story with characters who take part in events that could really happen.– Miracle’s Boys – Although the story
is fictional, it could be real in its characters, setting, plot, etc.
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Historical Fiction
• A story from the past that depicts historical people, places, and events.– Bud, Not Buddy – The story is set around a
historical time period of the Great Depression in the 1930’s.
• Not only do we learn about Bud’s story, but we also learn a bit about history as well.
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Science Fiction• Imaginative stories involving scientific
phenomena, such as time travel, outer space, future technologies, etc.– H. G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds– Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein– The Matrix– “Star Trek”– “Charmed”– “The X-Files"
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Folktale/Legends
• An anonymous story that was originally told to others instead of being written down.– Native American folklore– Aesop's Fables
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Fantasy/Fairytales
• A story that is set in a make-believe world, often with non-human characters and has elements of good vs. evil.– The Wizard of Oz– The Chronicles of Narnia– Charlotte’s Web– The Cat and the Hat
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Mystery
• A story with characters who try to solve a crime or unexplained event.– Encyclopedia Brown– The Hardy Boys– Nancy Drew
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NONFICTION
• Biography
• Autobiography
• Information
• Newspaper
• Reference
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Biography
• A person’s life story written by another person.
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Autobiography
• A person’s life story written by that person.
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Information
• A book, magazine, or article used to learn material.
• Can consist of “how to” books and journal or online articles.
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Reference
• A collection of resources for obtaining information.– Dictionaries– Encyclopedias– Atlases– Yearbooks
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DRAMA
• Scripted fiction or nonfiction in the form of a play
• Comes in various forms:– Tragedy
• a serious drama that involves a struggle against evil
– Comedy• a humorous play
– Musical• a play with musical elements
and dialogue
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POETRY
• Words arranged in a metrical or rhythmic pattern.
• Tells a story through verse.
• Often imaginative and creative.
Acrostic
Imagery Poem
Haiku
Pictogram
Parallel Poem
Cinquain
Free Verse
Song
Prepositional Poem
Rhyming Poem
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Your Turn…• Recreate the chart by
dividing your paper into four blocks.
• Include the heading.• In each block, write a genre
title.• List 2 examples of each.• List at least 3
characteristics.• Once all components are
included, you may illustrate your poster.
FictionExample 1
Example 2
Characteristic 1
Characteristic 2
Characteristic 3
Nonfiction
Drama Poetry