Genre Literary genres are determined by such things as literary technique, author’s tone and purpose, and content.

Let’s review a few types of literature we have studied. Novel Novel Poetry Poetry Drama Drama Short story Short story Novella Novella Non-fiction Non-fiction (biographies & autobiographies)

Non-fiction Biography (Remember bio =life; graph = write) Biography (Remember bio =life; graph = write) Autobiography (Remember auto = self; bio = life; graph = write) Autobiography (Remember auto = self; bio = life; graph = write)

Name this genre A Genius in the Making by Ted Remington by Ted Remington Read this selection to find out some little-known facts about a very famous scientist. When you hear the name “Einstein,” what comes to mind? A brilliant scientist? An amazing mathematician? A genius? If so, you might be surprised to learn that when Albert Einstein was a boy, his parents and teachers worried that he might not have even average intelligence. As a baby, Albert was late in learning to talk. Even when he started school, he kept silent for long periods of time. When he did say something, Albert spoke so slowly that his friends and teachers thought his brain worked slowly, too. When you hear the name “Einstein,” what comes to mind? A brilliant scientist? An amazing mathematician? A genius? If so, you might be surprised to learn that when Albert Einstein was a boy, his parents and teachers worried that he might not have even average intelligence. As a baby, Albert was late in learning to talk. Even when he started school, he kept silent for long periods of time. When he did say something, Albert spoke so slowly that his friends and teachers thought his brain worked slowly, too. Actually, nothing could have been further from the truth. Albert was a naturally bright and curious child. But he had little patience with the strict discipline of the German school system. He found it hard to apply his natural gifts in an atmosphere that didn’t allow him to pursue his interests in creative ways. As a student, he was frustrated. Perhaps Einstein never would have realized his true potential if it hadn’t been for two people who recognized the quiet youngster’s promise. Actually, nothing could have been further from the truth. Albert was a naturally bright and curious child. But he had little patience with the strict discipline of the German school system. He found it hard to apply his natural gifts in an atmosphere that didn’t allow him to pursue his interests in creative ways. As a student, he was frustrated. Perhaps Einstein never would have realized his true potential if it hadn’t been for two people who recognized the quiet youngster’s promise. This excerpt is from: This excerpt is from: (a)poetry (a)poetry (b)fiction (b)fiction (c)biography (c)biography (d)autobiography (d)autobiography (e)drama (e)drama

Name this genre SCROOGE: Waste, Mr. Cratchit! Waste! We are here to make money, not spend it. If you waste my goods you might find yourself without employment! (Cratchet does not get the lump. Instead, goes back to his desk, tries to warm himself at his candle. Enter FRED from stage left carrying a gift.) his candle. Enter FRED from stage left carrying a gift.) FRED: (Holding out a gift for SCROOGE.) A merry Christmas, uncle! God save you! SCROOGE: Humbug. (SCROOGE refused gift.) SCROOGE: Humbug. (SCROOGE refused gift.) FRED: Christmas a humbug, uncle? You don't mean that, I am sure! (He sets a gift on corner of book.) SCROOGE: I do. Merry Christmas! What is Christmas time but a time for buying things for which you've no need nor money. A time for finding yourself a year older and not an hour richer. What reason do you have to be Merry? You're poor enough. SCROOGE: I do. Merry Christmas! What is Christmas time but a time for buying things for which you've no need nor money. A time for finding yourself a year older and not an hour richer. What reason do you have to be Merry? You're poor enough. This excerpt is from: This excerpt is from: (a)poetry (a)poetry (b)fiction (b)fiction (c)biography (c)biography (d)autobiography (d)autobiography (e)drama (e)drama

Name this genre “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” By Ambrose Bierce A man stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama, looking down into the swift water twenty feet below. The man's hands were behind his back, the wrists bound with a cord. A rope closely encircled his neck. It was attached to a stout cross- timber above his head and the slack feel to the level of his knees. Some loose boards laid upon the ties supporting the rails of the railway supplied a footing for him and his executioners -- two private soldiers of the Federal army, directed by a sergeant who in civil life may have been a deputy sheriff. At a short remove upon the same temporary platform was an officer in the uniform of his rank, armed. He was a captain. A sentinel at each end of the bridge stood with his rifle in the position known as "support," that is to say, vertical in front of the left shoulder, the hammer resting on the forearm thrown straight across the chest -- a formal and unnatural position, enforcing an erect carriage of the body. It did not appear to be the duty of these two men to know what was occurring at the center of the bridge; they merely blockaded the two ends of the foot planking that traversed it. A man stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama, looking down into the swift water twenty feet below. The man's hands were behind his back, the wrists bound with a cord. A rope closely encircled his neck. It was attached to a stout cross- timber above his head and the slack feel to the level of his knees. Some loose boards laid upon the ties supporting the rails of the railway supplied a footing for him and his executioners -- two private soldiers of the Federal army, directed by a sergeant who in civil life may have been a deputy sheriff. At a short remove upon the same temporary platform was an officer in the uniform of his rank, armed. He was a captain. A sentinel at each end of the bridge stood with his rifle in the position known as "support," that is to say, vertical in front of the left shoulder, the hammer resting on the forearm thrown straight across the chest -- a formal and unnatural position, enforcing an erect carriage of the body. It did not appear to be the duty of these two men to know what was occurring at the center of the bridge; they merely blockaded the two ends of the foot planking that traversed it. This excerpt is from: This excerpt is from: (a)poetry (a)poetry (b)fiction (b)fiction (c)biography (c)biography (d)autobiography (d)autobiography (e)drama (e)drama

Name this genre Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe ( ) It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee;– And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. She was a child and I was a child, In this kingdom by the sea, But we loved with a love that was more than love- I and my Annabel Lee- With a love that the winged seraphs of Heaven Coveted her and me. And this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea, A wind blew out of a cloud, by night Chilling my Annabel Lee; So that her highborn kinsmen came And bore her away from me, To shut her up in a sepulcher In this kingdom by the sea. This excerpt is from: This excerpt is from: (a)poetry (a)poetry (b)fiction (b)fiction (c)biography (c)biography (d)autobiography (d)autobiography (e)drama (e)drama

Name this genre I became increasingly frustrated at not being able to express what I wanted to convey in letters that I wrote, especially those to Mr. Elijah Muhammad. In the street, I had been the most articulate hustler out there. I had commanded attention when I said something. But now, trying to write simple English, I not only wasn’t articulate, I wasn’t even functional. How would I sound writing in slang, the way 1 would say it, something such as, “Look, daddy, let me pull your coat about a cat, Elijah Muhammad— I became increasingly frustrated at not being able to express what I wanted to convey in letters that I wrote, especially those to Mr. Elijah Muhammad. In the street, I had been the most articulate hustler out there. I had commanded attention when I said something. But now, trying to write simple English, I not only wasn’t articulate, I wasn’t even functional. How would I sound writing in slang, the way 1 would say it, something such as, “Look, daddy, let me pull your coat about a cat, Elijah Muhammad— Many who today hear me somewhere in person, or on television, or those who read something I’ve said, will think I went to school far beyond the eighth grade. This impression is due entirely to my prison studies. Many who today hear me somewhere in person, or on television, or those who read something I’ve said, will think I went to school far beyond the eighth grade. This impression is due entirely to my prison studies. It had really begun back in the Charlestown Prison, when Bimbi first made me feel envy of his stock of knowledge. Bimbi had always taken charge of any conversations he was in, and I had tried to emulate him. But every book I picked up had few sentences which didn’t contain anywhere from one to nearly all of the words that might as well have been in Chinese. When I just skipped those words, of course, I really ended up with little idea of what the book said. So I had come to the Norfolk Prison Colony still going through only book-reading motions. It had really begun back in the Charlestown Prison, when Bimbi first made me feel envy of his stock of knowledge. Bimbi had always taken charge of any conversations he was in, and I had tried to emulate him. But every book I picked up had few sentences which didn’t contain anywhere from one to nearly all of the words that might as well have been in Chinese. When I just skipped those words, of course, I really ended up with little idea of what the book said. So I had come to the Norfolk Prison Colony still going through only book-reading motions. This excerpt is from: This excerpt is from: (a)poetry (a)poetry (b)fiction (b)fiction (c)biography (c)biography (d)autobiography (d)autobiography (e)drama (e)drama