genres ( jon-ra ). what does genre mean? genre: a category of artistic composition so, a genre is...
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Genres(JON-RA)
What does genre mean?
Genre: a category of artistic composition
So, a genre is just the category a
book falls into!!
How many genres are there?
Let’s find out about some now!
Traditional
Literature
BIOGRAPHY
FANTASY
SCIENCE
FICTION
MYSTERY
FOLK TALE
LEGEND
HISTORICAL FICTION
REALISTIC
FICTION
FABLE
POETRY
TALL TALE
Informational
Autobiography
NONFICTION
• FACTUAL• RESEARCH BASED• CAN PROVE IT!
BIOGRAPHY• The story of a person’s life, living or not living.• Shows how that person affected other people
– Call Number: 921 – Alphabetical by the person’s last name.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
• The story of a person’s life, living or not living BUT it is written by that person.
The Life and TimesOf
Martha Washington
Written by: Martha Washington
POETRY• Words build sensory images• Verses: Plays with sounds of words and
rhythms• May or may not rhyme• Can be on any subject
– Shel Silverstein and Jack Prelutsky– Call Number: 811
FICTION
• MADE UP• NOT A TRUE STORY• IMAGINARY• SOMETIMES BASED ON A TRUE
STORY
Traditional LiteratureTraditional Literature
• Folk Tales• Fairy Tales• Legends• Tall Tales• Fables
FOLKTALE & FAIRY TALES
• Timeless and placeless tale• Evil and good people or animals• Begins “Once upon a time” and ends
“happily ever after”• Often helped by magical creatures
– Cinderella– Three Little Pigs – Sleeping Beauty– Hansel and Gretel– Gingerbread Man– Ugly Duckling
LEGEND
• Characters have special traits• Based on a fictional or real figure
whose story has been exaggerated
• Characters perform super human deeds– Robin Hood – King Arthur
TALL TALES
• Heroes are “larger than life”: Some are made up, some based on real people
• Characters have exaggerated qualities. They are bigger, stronger, faster than the average person even though they seem average
• Solves problems in humorous way that is exaggerated beyond belief– Paul Bunyan– Pecos Bill
FABLE• Short stories• Teach a valuable lesson• Most characters are animals or
inanimate objects with human feelings– Aesop Fables
FANTASY• Events could not happen according to science today
(animals talking)• Characters may have special powers like magic, ability
to travel where others can’t , traveling through time– Charlotte’s Web– Dragon books– Magic Tree House– Percy Jackson series (Riordan)– Gregor series (Collins)
SCIENCE FICTION• Story with plot based on
science• If science makes advances, the
story could possibly happen– Among the… (series by Haddix)– Bailey School Kids (Dadey)
HISTORICAL FICTION
• Story is based in earlier era or time period• May be entirely fiction or mixed with
historical facts• Characters are entirely fiction or based on
a real person in history– Out of the Dust (Hesse)– Little House on the Prairie (Wilder)
REALISTIC FICTION
• Fictional characters who behave in realistic ways.
• Seems like it could really happen• Books by:
– Andrew Clements– Beverly Cleary
MYSTERY• Uncovering clues and piecing
them together
• There is a definite problem that is solved by the end of the story.