1. GENRE: A category of literature.
1. FICTION (STORIES) – A narrative story that uses made-up or untrue characters or events is called fiction. In some works of fiction, the entire story is made up; in others, the story is based in part on real people or events. Fiction includes both short stories and novels. A short story can usually be read in one sitting. Novels are longer and tend to be more complex.

2. EXAMPLE
The wise thing would be to run away from this potentially destructive-and-certainly mentally unstable-development. It would be stupid to encourage hallucinations. But his voice was fading. I took another step forward, testing. “Bella, turn around,” he growled. New Moon by Stephanie Meyer

3. TYPES OF FICTION
short stories
novels
novellas
folk tales

4. NONFICTION
2. Writing that tells about real people, places, and events is called nonfiction. There are two main types of nonfiction. Literary nonfiction reads much like fiction, except that the characters, setting, and plot are real rather than imaginary. Its purpose is usually to entertain or express opinions or feelings. Literary nonfiction includes autobiographies, biographies, and essays.

5. NONFICTION
Informative nonfiction provides factual information. Its main purpose is to inform or explain. Examples include: newspaper and magazine articles, textbooks, encyclopedia articles.

6. NONFICTION
EXAMPLE: April 4, 1968: The Assassination of Marin Luther King Jr. After a day spent planning a series of protest marches to support a strike by predominantly black garbage collectors in Memphis, Tennessee, Dr. Martin Luther King, America’s foremost proponent of civil rights, strolled onto the second-floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel and chatted with his co-workers. Then, from a window of the rooming house across the street, came a single shot…

7. TYPES OF NONFICTION autobiographies/biography
personal narrative/autobiographical essays
news articles
reference article
speeches
technical articles

8. DRAMA (PLAY)
A drama or play is a form of literature meant to be performed before an audience. Dramas for stage are also called theatre. In a drama, the story is presented through the dialogue and the actions of the characters. The written form of a drama is known as a script. A script usually includes dialogue, a cast of characters, and stage directions that give specific instruction about performing the play.

9. DRAMA
Two important kinds of drama are comedy and tragedy. A comedy is light and humorous; a tragedy ends in disaster – most often death – for the main character and often for other important characters as well.

10. DRAMA
EXAMPLE:
Azaz: Don’t be ridiculous. (To audience, as if leading a cheer.) Let’s hear it for words!
Mathemagician: (To audience, in the same manner.) Cast your vote for numbers!
Azaz: A,B,C’S!
Mathemagician: 1,2,3,’S! (A fanfare is heard.)

11. TYPES OF DRAMA
comedies
tragedies
historical dramas
radio plays

12. POETRY
Poetry is a type of literature in which ideas, images, and feelings are expressed in few words. Most poetry is written in lines, which may be grouped in stanzas. Poets carefully select words for their sound and meanings, combining the words in imaginative ways to present feelings, pictures, experiences, and themes vividly. In poetry, the images appeal to readers’ senses, as do elements of sound, such as alliteration, rhythm, and rhyme.

13. POETRY
EXAMPLE by Shel Silverstein

14. TYPES OF POETRY
odes
limericks
narrative poems

15. Media 5. Communication that reaches many people. Examples: TV shows
Radio
Advertising
Websites