Book genres lesson
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Book Genres
WHAT IS GENRE?• “Genre” is a French word that means
“type or kind”– 1: a kind of literary or artistic work – 2: a style of expressing yourself in
writing [syn: writing style, literary genre] – 3: a class of artistic endeavor having a
characteristic form or technique
Two major categories, or genres, of books: nonfiction and fiction. Fiction can be further divided based on content and theme into more-specific categories.