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Genre a type or style of writing

Genre a type or style of writing. Genres. Fantasy. Has elements that are not realistic: Talking animals Magical powers Mythical beings. Science Fiction. Like fantasy, but may include MACHINES Partly true scientific theories Settings: space, the future, a different world, universe.

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Genre a type or style of writing

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  1. Genre a type or style of writing Genres

  2. Fantasy • Has elements that are not realistic: • Talking animals • Magical powers • Mythical beings

  3. Science Fiction • Like fantasy, but may include MACHINES • Partly true scientific theories • Settings: space, the future, a different world, universe

  4. Biography • An account of a person’s life or part of it, written or told by another person.

  5. Autobiography • An account of a person’s life written by that person

  6. Poetry • A kind of rhythmic, compressed language that uses figures of speech and imagery designed to appeal to our emotions and imagination.

  7. Traditional Literature • Folk Tales • Fairy Tales • Fables • Myths • Legends • Tall Tales

  8. FOLK TALES • Fictional stories handed down by retelling • No known author

  9. Fairy Tales • Magic • Enchantment • Royalty • Supernatural • Original or have named authors Rapunzel

  10. Fables • Very short stories with a moral or lesson • Characters are animals that act like human • They do not change but do learn

  11. Myths • Stories told as if they were fact • Usually involve gods, goddesses, supernatural powers • Happened a long time ago • Often deal with creation of the world

  12. Legends • Set in historic, less-remote past • Based on real life hero and his/her deeds • Not generally religious • Humans, not gods, are main characters

  13. Tall Tales • Stories that the truth has been exaggerated

  14. Historical Fiction • Real person with imagined accounts of what happened • Real event with imaginary person • Happened in the past

  15. Informational • Books that provide information on a specific subject • Information is based on true facts • Located in the non-fiction section of the library

  16. Realistic Fiction • Stories that take place in here and now • Characters are involved in events that could happen • Contemporary

  17. Mystery • Solving a puzzle • Solving a crime • Centered around a person who investigates problems • Centered around person whose job is to get secret information

  18. Drama • A story that is intended for representation by actors impersonating the characters and performing the dialogue and action.

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