LET’S LOOK AT GENRE (FICTION)! ADVENTURE…MYSTERY AND DETECTIVE…FANTASY…HUMOROUS…HISTORICAL FICTION…REALISTIC FICTION…ROMANCE…SCIENCE FICTION…HORROR…SCARY STORIES

GENRES

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ADVENTURE  Action-packed  Danger  Exploration  Stunts  Daredevils  Fear of death  Quick thinking  Test of strength  Survival  Wilderness  Outdoors  Faraway lands  Heart-pounding  Risk-takers

ADVENTURE  Hatchet  Bridge to Terabithia Bridge to Terabithia  The Lightning Thief  The Tale of Despereaux The Tale of Despereaux

MYSTERY AND DETECTIVE  Solving cases  Answering question s  Looking for clues  Analyzing clues  Police, detectives, criminals  Suspicious characters  Questions, questions, questions  Spies

MYSTERY AND DETECTIVE  The Thief Lord The Thief Lord  Harriet the Spy  Theodore Boone, Kid Lawyer (series) Theodore Boone, Kid Lawyer (series)

FANTASY  Extraordinary, unbelievable characters and events  Mystical, supernatural characters and events  Magical worlds  Unicorns  Creatures with ‘made-up’ names  Dragons  May include elements of adventure, romance, science fiction

FANTASY  Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland  James and the Giant Peach James and the Giant Peach  The Tale of Despereaux The Tale of Despereaux  The Hunger Games series

HUMOROUS  Makes you laugh…in almost every scene  Troublemakers, class clowns, pranksters  Play jokes on people  Bratty  Unbelievable  Stories or poems that rhyme  Jokes and riddles  People like you  Comic strips

HUMOROUS  Big Nate series  Diary of a Wimpy Kid series Diary of a Wimpy Kid series  Wayside School series Wayside School series

HISTORICAL FICTION  Over 50 years ago  Famous historical figures – presidents, explorers, war heroes, abolitionists, humanitarians, scientists  Around our world  Usually involve topics such as poverty, discrimination and civil rights, immigration, wars, kingdoms, slavery, other topics studied in history classes

HISTORICAL FICTION  Fever 1793  Invention of Hugo Cabret Invention of Hugo Cabret  The Watsons go to Birmingham The Watsons go to Birmingham

REALISTIC FICTION  Real people  Real problems  Real successess and failures  Middle-schoolers like you  Realistic worlds – United States, Canada, Europe  Realistic situations, hopes, dreams  School stories, sports stories, romance

REALISTIC FICTION  Because of Winn Dixie Because of Winn Dixie  Judy Moody  Joey Pigza Loses Control

ROMANCE  Can be realistic fiction or fantasy  Two characters in love  Relationships, sometimes there is drama  Boyfriend- girlfriend  Husband and wife  Prince and Princess, King and Queen, Princess and Animal Creature (frog)  Everyday Worlds  Kingdom  Fantasy world  Love

ROMANCE  Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast  Book of a Thousand Days  Romiette and Julio

SCIENCE FICTION  Science  Computers, Technology  Imaginary “scientific” language  Future  World that does not yet exist  Outer space  Robots  Aliens  Computer- generated images

SCIENCE FICTION  Mockingjay Mockingjay  Zathura Zathura  Jumanji Jumanji

HORROR/SCARY STORIES  Dark,menacing scenes  Graveyards, haunted houses  Scary  Sometimes occur on or around Halloween  Usually occur at night  Sometimes set in deserted areas  Vampires, goblins, witches, the dead, ghosts  Not for the ‘faint of heart’

HORROR/SCARY STORIES  Goosebumps  Scary Stories to Read in the Dark  Zom-B series

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