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GENRES OF LITURATURE. DIFFERENT TYPES OF LITURATURE. Historical. Fiction. Historical fiction is fiction that is set in the past. It may contain references to actual people and significant events in history.
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GENRES OF LITURATURE DIFFERENT TYPES OF LITURATURE
Historical Fiction Historical fiction is fiction that is set in the past. It may contain references to actual people and significant events in history. Example -the short story “The Dog of Pompeii”is is set in a real time and place, but the characters are fictional.
DRAMA • Drama-A drama or play is a form of literature meant to be performed to an an audience. • Examples: “A Mid Summer Nights Dream” by William Shakespeare
Folk Tales • A folk tale is a simple story that has been passed down from generation to generation by mouth. The characters are usually common people • Examples:Rapunzel
TALL TALE • A tall tale is a humorous,exaggerated story. • The stories Paul Bunyan and Pecos Bill
Essay An essay is a short work of nonfiction that deals with a single subject. You can express ideas or feelings to analyze a topic. • An example is “All I really needed to know I learned in kindergarten” by Robert fulghum
Biography • The True life story, of a person written by another person. • Example: The Pride of Puerto Rico by Robert Paul Walker
Autobiography • A person’s true life story told by that person. • Example: “The Story of My Life”, by Helen Keller
Fairy Tale A fairy tale is a fantasy story that has royalty (princesses , kings, and queens) as main characters and usually a lot of magic. Example- “The Little Mermaid” and “Sleeping Beauty” by Hans Christian Anderson
Short Story A short story is a form of fiction that is between 5-30 pages and has all of the elements of fiction in a fiction novel. (setting, conflict, plot, theme, etc) short story can be any type of fiction, or biography and autobiography “Cricket in the Road” is a perfect example of a short story by Michael Anthony
Fable A fable is a brief story that teaches a lesson about life. In many fables, the characters are animals that act and speak like human beings. A fable often ends with a moral a statement that summarizes its lesson. “The wolf and the House Dog” is an example of a fable.
Poetry • A type of literature, in which ideas, images and feelings are expressed- written in verse • Example: “I’m Nobody! Who Are You?” by Emily Dickinson
Fantasy fiction Literature that contains at least one or more fantastic or unreal element. Example: “ThePhantom Tollbooth”, by: Norton Juster
Legends A legend is a story that is handed down from the past and may be stretched over time- based on a real person, but exaggerated over time. Examples: Daniel Boone, Johnny Apple seed, and Buffalo bill
Science Fiction A type of fiction that is set in the future or on other planets and focuses on possible advancement in science, or what the future may hold. Example- “The Fun They Had” by Isaac Asimov
Non fiction resources used to getting facts. Resource Materials Examples: encyclopedia, dictionary, almanac, atlas, essays, Internet, thesaurus etc.