Genre Characteristics

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What does genre mean?

• It is a French word meaning
• a distinctive type or category of literary
  composition characterized by a particular style,
  form, or content
• ??? in other words
• A style of writing based on a theme

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Different fiction genres (themes)

• Fantasy
• Mystery
• Historical
• Realistic
• Science fiction
• Horror
• Sports
• Adventure

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FANTASY

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

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Fantasy titles
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MYSTERY

• a work of fiction involving
• suspense
• solving a puzzling event or situation
• something unknown
• solving a crime
• centered around a person who investigates
  wrongdoing
• centered around a person or persons employed to
  obtain secret information

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Mystery titles
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HISTORICAL FICTION

• a novel set in a historical period (back in
  time) that uses invented characters or that uses
  real people but invents their conversations

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Historical fiction titles
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REALISTIC FICTION

• stories that take place in modern times
• characters are involved in events that could
  happen.
• Real kids doing
• real things!

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Realistic fiction titles
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SCIENCE FICTION

• stories that often tell about science and
  technology of the future
• involving partially true 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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Science fiction titles
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HORROR STORIES

• Scary or suspenseful setting
• Sometimes involves the supernatural or magical
  events or mythical creatures
• Gives you goosebumps or raises the hair on the
  back of your neck
• Not for bedtime reading!

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Horror story titles
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SPORTS STORIES

• Stories that feature a sport as a main story
  element
• The main character either learns a certain sport
  or overcomes a problem and gets better at a
  certain sport

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Sports story titles
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ADVENTURE STORIES

• Stories that feature a realistic adventure as a
  main story element
• The main character has some kind of adventure
  that involves travel,
• danger, or survival.

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Adventure story titles
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How to find a genre in the OPAC

• Type the name of the genre fantasy, mystery,
  science fiction, historical fiction, sports,
  adventure or horror stories in the text box and
  click on
• SUBJECT

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To find realistic fiction in the OPAC

• Try searching for subjects like
• school stories, friendship, specific sports
• (baseball, soccer, etc), pets, brothers,
  sisters, divorce or family life.

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Enjoy finding and reading

• Some new genres!