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Literary Genres

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What is a literary genre? A genre is a particular style or type of writing.

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Major Genres <ul><li>Fiction </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Writing that tells about imaginary people and events </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Non-Fiction </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Writing that tells about real people and events </li></ul></ul>

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<ul><li>uses carefully selected words and phrases to create vivid pictures in the reader’s mind </li></ul><ul><li>lines of poetry (verses) are written in stanzas </li></ul><ul><li>may include patterns of rhyme to capture the reader’s interest </li></ul>Poetry

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Drama <ul><ul><li>a cast of characters </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>a narrator who gives important information </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>parts called acts or scenes </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>props to help support action </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>dialogue that tells what the actors say </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>stage directions in italics </li></ul></ul>

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Realistic Fiction <ul><li>The setting is realistic </li></ul><ul><li>The characters speak and act like real people </li></ul><ul><li>The story describes real-life problems and events </li></ul>

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<ul><li>Actions are repeated over and over </li></ul><ul><li>Some fables teach a lesson about what is important in life, such as fairness, kindness, or cleverness </li></ul><ul><li>Characters are simpler than real people - they may be completely greedy, completely wicked , or very gentle </li></ul>Fable

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Folk Tale <ul><li>Told in many different versions by many different people </li></ul><ul><li>Original storyteller is unknown </li></ul><ul><li>Characters are animals that act and speak like people </li></ul><ul><li>Repetition </li></ul><ul><li>Use of the number three </li></ul>

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Tall Tale <ul><li>E xtraordinary person - the main character is better at things than an ordinary person </li></ul><ul><li>E xaggeration – makes something greater or bigger than it really could be </li></ul><ul><li>E xplanation – explains how something came to be </li></ul>

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Myth / Legend <ul><li>A kind of fantasy </li></ul><ul><li>A very old story handed down by word of mouth </li></ul><ul><li>Explains something about nature or answers questions about the meaning of life or what is good or evil </li></ul>

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Fairy Tales <ul><li>Often begin with Once upon a time or Long, long ago </li></ul>Include a good character and a bad (evil) character Include magic or something enchanted Involves a problem that is solved and the good people live happily ever after Setting is a forest or a castle

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Biography <ul><li>Nonfiction </li></ul><ul><li>Story about a real person’s life that is written by another person </li></ul><ul><li>Can cover a person’s whole life, part of a person’s life, or a single incident </li></ul><ul><li>A true account of a person’s life based on facts collected by the author </li></ul><ul><li>Written from the third person point of view (he or she) </li></ul>