Fiction genres Mystery Science fiction Historical fiction Adventure Fantasy Realistic fiction Fable Myth Folktale Fairytale Play / Drama
Reading Genre Assignment Read each description. Decide what genre the description falls under. Compare answers with a classmate.
Reading Genres
Reading 1.Raise your hand if you like to read. 2.Why do you like to read? 3.What kinds of things do you like to read?
Types of Reading What are the two main types of reading?
fiction What is fiction ? Imaginary, or made up, writing
Fiction Anything your imagination can come up with!
non-fiction What is non-fiction ? Writing that is based on real and true information Not made up
fiction Forms of fiction Poems Short Stories Novels Plays (drama)
nonfiction Forms of nonfiction Letters Documents Biographies Autobiographies
Fiction Fiction is divided in genres. Genre – a category of literature How many genres of literature are there?
Fiction genres Mystery Science fiction Historical fiction Adventure Fantasy Realistic fiction Fable Myth Folktale Fairytale Play / Drama
Mystery A story involving: Strangeness Solving a puzzling event or situation Something unknown Solving a crime Centered around a person who investigates wrongdoing Centered around a person, or people, employed to obtain secret information
Mystery Example books:
Science Fiction Stories that often tell about science and technology of the future Settings: In the future In space On a different world In a different universe or dimension
Science Fiction Example books:
Historical Fiction A story set in a historical period Characters talk, dress, and act like people of that time period Story involves real people and actual events that happened in history
Historical Fiction
Adventure Characters who behave like real people and animals Settings are real, or could be real Events could happen in real life Story has action or suspense, or both An adventurer – a fictional character who lives by their wits and their skills
Adventure
Fantasy People, animals, or objects do things they cannot do in real life Story takes place in a make-believe setting that does not exist in the real world Story has creatures in it that are not found in real life. Talking animals Magical powers
Fantasy
Realistic Fiction Stories that take place in modern times Characters are involved in events that could really happen
Realistic Fiction
Fable Very short Usually have two or three characters Characters may be animals or things that act like people Teach a lesson or a moral
Fable
Myth A story that offers an explanation of how something in nature looks or happens A story that explains why people act as they do Characters may be human or gods or goddesses
Myths The Twelve Labors of Hercules Jason and the Argonauts Demeter and Persephone The Trojan War
Folktale A story that has been told and retold over generations Different countries have similar folktales, but have cultural differences Characters can be animals or objects that can speak Story often teaches a moral or a lesson Good or smart wins over evil or not so smart Story is told using pronouns
Folktale
Fairy Tale Begins with a phrase like “once upon a time…” Setting is a faraway or imaginary land Characters are often royal – kings, queens, princes, princesses Things happen or appear in sets of three The granting of wishes The use of magical powers A happy ending where good wins over evil
Fairy Tale
Play / Drama Meant to be performed / acted out Has a list of names and describes the characters Includes descriptions of scenes or settings Includes dialogue / lines that characters speak to one another Includes stage directions giving more details about what is happening on the stage or what the actors are to do
Play / Drama William Shakespeare Hamlet A Midsummer’s Knight Dream Romeo and Juliet King Lear Othello Taming of the Shrew Macbeth
Reading Genre Assignment Read each description. Decide what genre the description falls under. Compare answers with a classmate.