What is Genre?

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What is Genre?
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genre - a kind of literary or artistic work
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• A literary genre is a category of writing
  characterized by a particular style, form, or
  content.
• The term means the different types of literature.

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• Literary genres can be either fiction or
  non-fiction

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Fiction

• a piece of writing based on imagination and not
  necessarily on fact

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Nonfiction

• nonfiction - writing that is not fictional, it is
  real and is written based on true facts.
• We often refer to it as non-fiction

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Examples of Fiction

• Historical fiction
• Horror
• Fantasy
• Suspense
• Adventure
• Sports fiction
• Poetry
• Nursery Rhymes
• Folklore
• Mythology

• Realistic fiction
• Tall Tales
• Mystery
• Romance
• Humour
• Science fiction
• Fairy tales
• Graphic novels
• Fables
• Legends

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Examples of Non-fiction

• Memoir
• Newspapers
• Magazines
• Research Materials
• Story Problems
• Encyclopedia
• Biographies
• Autobiographies
• Research
• Technical Articles

• Textbooks
• Journals
• Logs
• How to books
• Histories
• Photographs
• Sewing patterns
• Documents  

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• Some books can be more than one type of genre.
  Why?

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Some Common Junior Genres
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Biography

• Presents the facts about an individual's
• life
• Good biographers use many research tools to
  gather information about their subject, including
  the persons words, actions, journals, reactions,
  related books, interviews with friends, and
  relatives.

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Mystery

• Often thought of as a detective story.
• Usually involves a mysterious death or a crime
  to be solved.
• In a closed circle of suspects, each suspect must
  have a good motive and a reasonable opportunity
  for committing the crime.
• The main character must be a detective who
  eventually solves the mystery by logical
  deduction from facts fairly presented to the
  reader. Ex. The Tom and Liz Austen series

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Fables

• A short tale used to teach a moral lesson, often
  with animals as characters. Ex. The Tortoise and
  the Hare

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Fantasy

• Contains elements that are not realistic
• talking animals
• magical powers
• Often set in a medieval universe
• Possibly involving mythical beings
• Almost believable

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Historical Fiction

• Stories centered around the basis of a partially
  historical situation
• A novel set in a historical period

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Science Fiction

• Stories that often tell about science and
  technology of the future
• Involving partially true partially fictions laws
  or theories of science
• Settings
• in the future
• in space
• on a different world
• in a different universe or dimension

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Realistic Fiction

• Stories that take place in modern times
• Characters are involved in events that could
  happen.

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Horror

• Supernatural and the occult ghosts, ghouls,
  apparitions, poltergeists, witches and warlocks
  vampires and werewolves monsters and mummies
  demonology and black magic voodoo and witch
  doctors nightmares and hallucinations
  reincarnation and ESP
• For those intrigued with the unknown and love
  to be frightened

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• Try different genres to see which is best for
  you!
• Read outside the box