Literary Genres

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Literary Genres
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Genre

• A type of something
• Literary Genre a type of literature

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Fiction vs. Non-Fiction

• Fiction literature is made up from the
  imagination
• FICTION - FAKE
• Non-Fiction literature is actual or real
• NON-FICTION NOT FAKE (REAL)

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Different types of Fiction

• Historical fiction
• An imagined story with a real setting during an
  important event in history
• EX. Number the Stars is about an imaginary
  character but the setting is during WWII that
  really happen in history
• EX. I Survived is about imaginary characters
  but the setting is the sinking of the Titanic in
  1912, which is a real historical event.
• EX. Red Badge of Courage is about imaginary
  characters but the setting is the American Civil
  War.

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Different types of Fiction

• Realistic fiction
• An imagined story that could actually happen, but
  it did not.
• EX. Shiloh is about a boy and his dog. There is
  nothing in the story that is out of this world
  and it is not set during an important historical
  event. The entire story is fake, but based on
  things that could actually happen.
• EX. Anne of Green Gables is about an orphaned
  girl who gets adopted. The story is fake, but it
  is based on things that naturally occur in life.
• EX. Hatchet

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Different types of Fiction

• Science fiction
• An imagined story including space or advanced
  technology.
• EX. Star Wars Star Trek Tron
• EX. Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy by
  Douglas Adams
• EX. 2001 A Space Odyssey by Arthur C Clarke

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Different types of Fiction

• Fantasy
• An imagined story including magic and fictional
  people and creatures
• EX. Tuck Everlasting is about a family that
  drinks from a pool that keeps them living forever
  (magic.)
• EX. Harry Potter is about a boy wizard who
  encounters all sorts of magic and magical
  creatures.
• EX. Alice in Wonderland is about a girl who
  visits a magical land populated by magical
  creatures.
• EX. Chronicles of Narnia

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Different types of Fiction

• Mythology
• Imagined stories about gods and heroes meant to
  entertain, teach a lesson or explain nature.
• EX. Hercules is about a demi-god that destroys
  all sorts of evil creatures to win favor among
  the gods.
• EX. Dedalus and Icurcus teaches a lesson to
  follow the advice of the older and wiser.
• EX. Demeter and Persephone is about how gods
  make the seasons change.

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Different types of Non-Fiction

• Biography
• An account of a real persons actual life.
• Bio life
• Written by someone else.
• EX. Quiet Strength is about Rosa Parks, written
  by Gregory J. Reed.
• EX. Genius is about Albert Einstein, written by
  Marfe Ferguson Delano

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Different types of Non-Fiction

• Autobiography
• An account of a real persons actual life.
• Written by themselves, auto means self
• Auto Bio Self Life

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Different types of Non-Fiction

• Informational Text
• Text that gives true, factual information
• EX. Articles from Newspapers and essays
• EX. Textbooks

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Drama

• Literature written to be performed by actors on a
  stage.
• Written in lines assigned to each character.
• EX. Annie
• EX. Romeo and Juliet
• EX. The Importance of Being Earnest

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• RON I reckon you'd have to be barking mad to put
  your own name in the goblet of fire.
• HARRY Caught on have you. Took you long enough.
• RON Wasn't just me who thought you'd done it.
  Everyone was saying it behind your back.
• HARRY Brilliant. That makes me feel loads
  better.
• RON At least I warned you about the dragons.
• HARRY Hagrid warned me about the dragons.
• RON Oh no no, I did. Don't you remember? I told
  Hermione to tell you that Seamus told me that
  Parvati told Dean that Hagrid was looking for
  you. Seamus never actually told me anything, so
  it was really me all along. I thought you'd be
  alright, you know, after you figured that out.

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Poetry

• Literature written in lines and stanzas mean to
  express thoughts, feelings and images using
  figurative language and sound devices.
• My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns
  uses similes to express himself.