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GENRE Mrs. Folkers June 20, 1999
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Definition: Genre is just a fancy way of saying “different categories or types of books”.
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Can you tell me your favorite genres?
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How about... autobiography biography fantasy folklore poetry nonfiction historical fiction realistic fiction *adventure *mystery *animal stories *contemporary science fiction
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Autobiography Factual story about a real person in the past or in the present. Written by the person the story is about.
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Biography Factual story about a real person in the past or in the present. Written by someone else. President George Washington
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Fantasy Characters allowed to have traits that we know are physically impossible. Characters may solve a problem by using magic or some other impossible strategy.
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Folklore
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Poetry Verse written to evoke thoughts and feeling in the reader. Often uses rhythm and rhyme to convey its message.
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Nonfiction Books that contain factual information about a subject, or reference books in general (like encyclopedias).
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Historical Fiction Stories that take place in a real location at a particular time in the past. Characters may be fictional or real. Some real events are mixed with fictional events of the time.
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Realistic Fiction Stories that involve characters and events that appear to be realistic.
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Science Fiction Stories in which the major events rely on scientific fact, discovery, or exploration and/or characters who are alien to Earth. Setting may be Earth or some other space location.
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