This document defines genres of reading and writing. It discusses informational texts, which are meant to inform readers about the natural or social world, and includes types like encyclopedias, magazines, textbooks, newspapers/periodicals, and websites. It also discusses literary texts, which are meant for entertainment and can include genres like drama, fables, fairytales, fantasy, historical fiction, horror, humor, mystery, mythology, realistic fiction, science fiction, and biography/autobiography. The document provides examples and definitions of some of the most common types of informational and literary texts.

1. LESSON 7:
GENRES OF READING AND
WRITING

2. ENERGIZER

3. TODAY’S LESSON:
I.Definition of Genre
II.Definition and Types
of Informational Texts
III.Definition and Types
of Literary Texts

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9. GENRE
A particular
subject or
style of
literature, art,
or music, etc.
A class or category of
artistic endeavor
having a particular
form, content,
technique or the like

10. INFORMATIONAL
TEXTS
LITERARY
TEXTS

11. INFORMATIONAL
TEXTS
• A subset of the larger
category of non-fiction
(Duke and Bennett-
Armistead, 2003)
• Primary purpose is to
inform reader about
the natural or social
world

12. KINDS OF INFORMATIONAL TEXTS
ENCYCLOPEDIA
MAGAZINES
TEXTBOOKS
NEWSPAPERS/
PERIODICALS
WEBSITES
OTHER REFERENCE
MATERIALS

13. ENCYCLOPEDIA
• A book or set of
books giving
information on many
subjects or many
aspects of one
subject
• Typically

14. NEWSPAPER/
PERIODICALS
• A publication
consisting of a
number of large
sheets of folded
paper on which
news,
advertisements, and
other informations
are printed

15. MAGAZINES
• A publication with a
paper cover which is
issued regularly

16. TEXTBOOKS
• Contain facts about
particular subject
that is used by the
people studying that
subject

17. LITERARY
TEXTS
• Pieces of written
materials, such as a
book or poem, that has
the purpose of telling a
story or entertaining
• Usually aesthetic but
may also contain
political messages or
beliefs.

18. KINDS OF LITERARY TEXTS
DRAMA
MYTHOLOGY
MYSTERY
HORROR
FABLE FAIRYTALES
FOLKLORE
LEGEND
SCIENCE
FICTION
BIOGRAPHY/
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
HISTORICAL
FICTION
REALISTIC
FICTION
HUMOR
FANTASY

19. DRAMA
• Intended to be more
serious in tone
• Usually for theatrical
performance, where
conflicts and
emotions are express
through dialogue and
action

20. FABLE
• Demonstrates useful
truths in which
animals speak as
humans

21. FAIRYTALES
• Stories about fairies
and other magical
creatures, usually for
children

22. FANTASY
• Fiction with strange
or other worldly
settings or characters
• Invites suspension of
reality

23. • Story, sometimes
about a national or
folk hero, which
has a basis in fact
but also
LEGEND OR EPIC

24. HISTORICAL FICTION
• Story with fictional
characters and
events in a
historical setting

25. HORROR
• Events evoke a
feeling of fear or
dread in both the
characters and the
reader

26. HUMOR
• Intention is to make
their
audience/reader
laugh, lighter in tone

27. MYSTERY
• Deals with
solution of a
crime or the
unraveling of
secrets

28. MYTHOLOGY
• Traditional narrative,
often partly based on
historical events, that
reveals human
behavior and natural
phenomena by its
symbolism
• Often

29. REALISTIC FICTION
• Story that can
actually happen
and is true to life

30. SCIENCE FICTION
• Based on impact of
actual, imagined, or
potential science
• Usually set in
future or on other
planets

31. BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY
• Narrative of a
persons life , a
true story about
a real person

32. Group activity
As a group, accomplish this activity:
Compare the two: Informational Text and Literary Text using Venn
Diagram
INFORMATIONAL
TEXT
LITERARY
TEXT

34. Assessment:
Identify those terms, put it on the box where it belongs.
Informational Text Literary Text
HISTORICAL FICTION MAGAZINES TEXTBOOK
NEWS PAPER FABLE
DRAMA BIOGRAPHY ENCYCLOPEDIA
FANTASY MYTHOLOGY

36. Thank you and
have a great
day ahead!