GENRE

1
GENRE

• Mrs. Folkers
• June 20, 1999

2
Definition

• Genre is just a fancy way of saying different
  categories or types of books.

3
Can you tell me your favorite genres?
4
How about...

• autobiography
• biography
• fantasy
• folklore
• poetry
• nonfiction

• historical fiction
• realistic fiction adventure mystery animal
  stories contemporary
• science fiction

5
Autobiography

• Factual story about a real person in the past or
  in the present.
• Written by the person the story is about.

6
Biography

• Factual story about a real person in the past or
  in the present.
• Written by someone else.

President George Washington
7
Fantasy

• Characters allowed to have traits that we know
  are physically impossible.

• Characters may solve a problem by using magic
  or some other impossible strategy.

8
Folklore
9
Poetry

• Verse written to evoke thoughts and feeling in
  the reader.
• Often uses rhythm and rhyme to convey its message.

10
Nonfiction

• Books that contain factual information about a
  subject, or reference books in general (like
  encyclopedias).

11
Historical Fiction

• Stories that take place in a real location at a
  particular time in the past.
• Characters may be fictional or real.
• Some real events are mixed with fictional events
  of the time.

12
Realistic Fiction

• Stories that involve characters and events that
  appear to be realistic.

13
Science Fiction

• Stories in which the major events rely on
  scientific fact, discovery, or exploration and/or
  characters who are alien to Earth.
• Setting may be Earth or some other space location.