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Genres and literature
When you speak about genre and literature, genre means a
category, or kind of story.
S. Bolmeier/MPS
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All categories of books or stories can be called either fiction or non-fiction.
Fictiona made up story can tell about
things that could happen
is read for fun characters may be
like real people or imaginary
Non-Fictionhas facts that can
be checked and proven
the author is an expert on this information
it IS TRUE!
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GenreThere are many categories of stories and
books
Here are some of the common ones:
Alphabet books “How to” books
animal books color books
arts and craft books folktales
fantasy mystery
poetry biographies
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GenreThese are the choices we will use
Realistic FictionFantasyPoetryTraditional LiteratureInformational
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Realistic fiction
can be based on a real storycharacters act like real peoplecharacter tries to solve a problemstory could happen in real lifesome events are historically accuratecharacter’s feelings and behaviors are
like real life
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Fantasy
Animal characters may act like peoplecharacters may have special powers characters may be imaginary beingssetting may be in another time (future)usually has a good vs. evil conflictmay use scientific principles not yet
available or discovered
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Poetry
page format may look different than other books
may have rhythm (beat)may rhymeimaginative and creativeuses describing or exciting wordstells a story in verse
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Informational
Tells facts that can be looked-up or proven
tells about real eventscharacters have really livedmay have maps, diagrams and
illustrations to explain the factsauthor is an expert on the subject
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Traditional Literature
tells about the great deeds of a person who may have lived
may exaggerate a person’s bravery or powers
probably a long ago settingstory may be considered a part of the
history and culture of a group of peoplemagic may be used to solve a problema lesson can be learned from the story