GENRE

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GENRE

• What is it?

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What is genre?

• genre - a kind of literary or artistic work

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Fiction

• a literary work based on the imagination and not
  necessarily on fact

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Nonfiction

• nonfiction - prose writing that is not fictional

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Examples of Fiction and Nonfiction

• Non fiction
• Newspapers
• Magazines
• Research Materials
• Story Problems
• Want Ads
• Encyclopedia
• Biographies
• Research
• Technical Articles
• Prescriptions
• Textbooks
• Journals
• Logs
• How to books
• Histories
• Photographs
• Sewing patterns
• Documents  

• Fiction
• Realistic fiction
• Tall Tales
• Legends
• Fables
• Fairy tales
• Biographies

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Biography

• Presents the facts about an individual's
• life
• Good biographers use many research tools to
  gather information about their subject, including
  the persons words, actions, journals, reactions,
  related books, interviews with friends, and
  relatives.

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Mystery

• Often thought of as a detective story.
• Usually involves a mysterious death or a crime
  to be solved.
• In a closed circle of suspects, each suspect must
  have a
• Good motive and a reasonable opportunity for
  committing the crime.
• The central character must be a detective who
  eventually solves the mystery by logical
  deduction from facts fairly presented to the
  reader.

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Tall Tales

• A tall tale is a story that has these features
• A larger-than-life, or superhuman, main character
  with a specific job.
• A problem that is solved in a funny way.
• Exaggerated details that describe things as
  greater than they really are.
• Characters who use everyday language.

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Fables

• A short tale used to teach a moral lesson, often
  with animals as characters.

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Fantasy

• contains elements that are not realistic
• talking animals
• magical powers
• often set in a medieval universe
• possibly involving mythical beings

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Historical Fiction

• stories centered around the basis of a partially
  historical situation
• a novel set in a historical period

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Science Fiction

• stories that often tell about science and
  technology of the future
• involving partially true partially fictions laws
  or theories of science
• Settings
• in the future
• in space
• on a different world
• in a different universe or dimension

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Realistic Fiction

• stories that take place in modern times
• characters are involved in events that could
  happen.

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Great Website on Genre

• http//www.geocities.com/fifth_grade_tpes/genre.ht
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