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Fiction Genres and Fiction Genres and CharacteristicsCharacteristics
FANTASYFANTASY
Contains elements that are not realisticContains elements that are not realisticTalking animalsTalking animalsMagical powersMagical powersOften set in a medieval universeOften set in a medieval universePossibly involving mythical beingsPossibly involving mythical beings
HISTORICAL FICTIONHISTORICAL FICTION
Stories centered around the basis of a Stories centered around the basis of a partially historical situationpartially historical situation
A novel set in a historical periodA novel set in a historical period
MYSTERYMYSTERY
A novel involving:A novel involving:StrangenessStrangenessSolving a puzzling event or situationSolving a puzzling event or situationSomething unknownSomething unknownSolving a crimeSolving a crimea person who investigates wrongdoinga person who investigates wrongdoingA person or persons employed to obtain A person or persons employed to obtain
secret informationsecret information
REALISTIC FICTIONREALISTIC FICTION
Stories that take place in modern timesStories that take place in modern timesCharacters are involved in events that Characters are involved in events that
could happencould happen
SCIENCE FICTIONSCIENCE FICTION
Stories that often tell about science and Stories that often tell about science and technology of the future involving partially technology of the future involving partially true fictions, laws, or theories of sciencetrue fictions, laws, or theories of science
Potential Settings:Potential Settings: In the futureIn the future In spaceIn spaceOn a different worldOn a different world In a different universe or dimensionIn a different universe or dimension
Non-Fiction Genres and Characteristics
BIOGRAPHIES
a true account of a person’s life, written by another person
usually told from a third person point of view
requires a lot of research in order to present accurate information
honesty and balance
AUTOBIOGRAPHIES
the writer’s account of his or her own lifeIn almost every case, it is told from 1st
person point of viewfocuses on the most significant events
and people in the writer’s lifeshorter autobiographical narratives
include journals, diaries, and letters
MEMOIRS
a form of autobiographical writing writer shares his or her personal
experiences and observations of significant events or people
often informal or even intimate in tonegive readers insight into the impact of
historical events on people’s livesonly a small section of a person’s life
ESSAYS
Short pieces of non-fictionFocus is usually on a specific thing or
theme
A Modest A Modest
ProposalProposal
HOW -TO
Explain how-to do somethingLose weightCookGet richBe happyGet a date …and so many more
Non-Fiction by topic
Science Politics
Glenn Beck’s Common Sense – Glenn Beck Religion
Mere Christianity – C.S. Lewis History
The Greatest Generation – Tom Brokaw Profession Philosophy
Outliers – Malcolm Gladwell Freakonomics – Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner