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Mystery Genre

Mystery Genre. Gloria Taliaferro Intel Teach to the Future August 2003. Mystery. Components of realistic fiction But with a vital difference: the story revolves around a puzzle, or an unusual problem to solve. Components of a Realistic Fiction. Has 2 subgenres: Fiction in modern setting

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Mystery Genre

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  1. Mystery Genre Gloria Taliaferro Intel Teach to the Future August 2003

  2. Mystery • Components of realistic fiction • But with a vital difference: the story revolves around a puzzle, or an unusual problem to solve

  3. Components of a Realistic Fiction • Has 2 subgenres: • Fiction in modern setting • Historical fiction

  4. Characteristics of a Realistic Fiction • Characters • Presents fictional characters who behave in realistic ways

  5. Characteristics of a Realistic Fiction • A problem to solve • The main characters are involved in a conflict or dilemma

  6. Characteristics of a Realistic Fiction • Description • Places, events and characters are vividly described

  7. Characteristics of a Realistic Fiction • Setting • Takes place in modern times; a recognizable sort of place

  8. Characteristics of a Realistic Fiction • Dialogue • The characters’ words show their personalities and also move the plot along.

  9. Characteristics of a Realistic Fiction • Plot • Has a plot that makes sense and that ends with the solution to the problem

  10. Characteristics of a Mystery • A Mystery is all these things and more. • Well developed characters, settings, and plots • Are usually realistic • Include a mystery to be solved • Who did it? • What is it? • How did it happen? • Includes clues and distractions

  11. Characteristics of a Mystery • Characters • All involved in the basic problem to solve, or puzzle

  12. Characteristics of a Mystery • Setting • realistic

  13. Characteristics of a Mystery • A problem to solve • Who did it? • What is it? • How did it happen?

  14. Characteristics of a Mystery • Clues: • The writer drops hints that might help the reader solve the mystery.

  15. Characteristics of a Mystery • Plot • Each major event is linked in steps that make sense.

  16. Characteristics of a Mystery • Distractions • Some things in the story are meant to distract readers, that is, to lead them away from the solutions.

  17. Characteristics of a Mystery • Conclusion • The story ends with a credible, realistic solution to the mystery.

  18. Who are some popular authors for mystery books? • David Adler • Cam Jansen and the Triceratops Pops Mystery. (series)Cam foils a crime at the mall using her photographic memory.

  19. Who are some popular authors for mystery books? • Cushman, Doug. • Inspector Hopper. Someone is following Inspector Hopper and his assistant McBugg.  Who could it be?

  20. Who are some popular authors for mystery books? • Nixon, Joan Lowry. • Search for the Shadowman. Andy goes on the Internet to find out the truth about a theft by his relative 100 years ago.

  21. My Favorite Mystery Books • Sharmat, Marjorie. Nate the Great and the Tardy Tortoise. Il. by Marc Simont. xz (series) Nate’s dog Sludge sniffs out the clues in this tale of a flower-eating turtle. • I like the Nate the Great series because the characters are like kids that I now. They seem like people that I would like to do things with. I like the way they look for solutions of their own for problems that they see.

  22. Works Cited McCarthy, Tara Teaching Genre New York: Scholastic Professional Books, 1996.

  23. Works Cited “Mystery." Los Angeles Public Library. <http://www.lapl.org/kidspath/booklist/recomendread-09p.html>.

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