Genres

2. What are literary genres?
 Genres are different types of literature.
 Each genre has its own definition and characteristics.

3. Non-Fiction books are books about true subjects or
ideas. These are books that generally have an index,
glossary, table of contents, appendix, and prefaces that
we talked about.

4. Informational Text
 What it is:
 Books about a single
subject that are true.
 Examples:

5. Biography
 A book about a person’s
life written by someone
else.
 Can be about:
 Their entire lie
 A part of their life
 A single event in their
life
 Located in 92 and 920
 Examples:

6. Autobiography
 A book about a persons’
life written by them.
 Can be about:
 Their entire lie
 A part of their life
 A single event in their
life
 Located in 92
 Examples:

7. These books may be located in the non-fiction section.
However they are fiction, which means they are made
up stories.

8. Play/Drama
 Written for the stage
 Contains a cast of
characters and dialogue
 Story is told solely
through the actions and
words of the characters
 Located in 812
 Examples

9. Poetry
 Groups of words that are
written with rhythm and
sometimes rhyme.
 Many different kinds of
poetry
 Located in 811
 Examples:

11. Realistic Fiction
 Fiction that could
happen in real life and is
set in modern times.
 Characters are not real,
but setting could be a
real place.
 Examples:

12. Historical Fiction
 Fiction that includes
historical information
mixed in with the “made
up” part of the story.
 Events that happen
could be real.
 Some true people could
be mixed in with made
up characters.
 Settings are real.
 Examples:

13. Mystery
 Fiction where the main
character must solve a
crime or figure out a
secret.
 The plot is suspenseful
and full of twists and
turns.
 Examples:

15. Modern Fantasy
 A story that could never
be real.
 Set in modern times.
 Usually contains magical
elements.
 Examples:

16. Fairy Tale
 A story that has magical
elements and has a
happy ending.
 Examples:

17. Fable
 A short story which
includes animals with
certain traits (all good,
all bad, all hard-working,
all lazy)
 Ends with a moral or a
lesson.
 Examples:

18. Myth
 A story that has been
handed down to explain
how human nature
works that has no basis
in reality.
 Examples:

19. Legend
 A story that has been
handed down but has
some basis of fact but
with mythical qualities.
 Examples:

20. Tall Tale
 A story that is
exaggerated.
 Characters and events in
the story are larger than
life.
 Examples:

21. Genre Pie…Mmmm!