5. Fiction Genres

16. mood

31. Activity 1
With someone sitting next to you. In pairs (2) create on your own sheet of paper a title and two sentence summary of a book that includes two fictional genres.

32. Nonfiction Genres

33. Narrative
Tells a story or a series of events

36. Write three sentences answering the following question:
Activity 2
Write three sentences answering the following question:
Can narratives be both fiction and nonfiction? Why do you believe so? Think of two examples to share to support your reason.

38. Persuasive
Persuasive writing, is a form of writing in which the writer uses words to convince the reader that the writer's opinion is correct in regards to an issue.
Author may want the reader to perform an action or to convince the reader to believe a certain point of view

39. Examples of Persuasive Writing
Advertisements
Editorials in Newspapers
Speeches
Political Cartoons

40. Informational
Informational writing is designed to explain, inform and describe something to the reader

41. Examples of Informational Writing
Newspapers
Almanacs
Magazines
Research Papers

42. Poetry
the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts

43. Examples of Poetic Writing
Shakespeare’s Sonnets
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Road Not Taken

44. Activity 3 On your sheet of paper, make a T-chart
Activity 3 On your sheet of paper, make a T-chart. List two specific times you might write persuasively and two times you may write informationally.