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Genres in Fiction
Cheryl YouseColquitt County High School
Narrative writing tells a story or part of a
storyFiction means the story is NOT true
Genre means a type or style of writing
Fantasy• Has elements that are not
realistic:1. Talking animals2. Magical powers3. Mythical beings
• Fantasy can be divided further into:
1. Science fiction AND 2. Folklore, which includes:• Folk Tales• Tall Tales• Fairy tales• Fables• Myths• Legends
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Science Fiction• Like fantasy, but
generally includes MACHINES
• Partly true scientific theories
• Settings: space, the future, a different world, universe
• May be possible someday
FOLK TALES• Fictional stories handed down
by retelling• No known author• “Once upon a time…”• Repetition• Numbers 3 or 7• Transformations• Trickery or magic
Fairy Tales• Magic• Enchantment• Royalty• Supernatural• Original or have
named authors
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Fables• Very short stories
with a moral or lesson
• Characters are animals that act like human
• They do not change but do learn
Myths• Stories told as if
they were fact• Usually involve
gods, goddesses, supernatural powers
• Happened a long time ago
• Often deal with creation of the world
Legends• Set in historic,
less-remote past• Based on real life
hero and his/her deeds
• Not generally religious
• Humans, not gods, are main characters
‘Possible’ Fiction• Events that might or might
have happened1. Historical Fiction2. Realistic Fiction3. Some Science Fiction
Historical Fiction
• Real person with imagined accounts of what happened
• Real event with imaginary person
Realistic Fiction
• Stories that take place in here and now
• Characters are involved in events that could happen
Mystery• Has:1. Strangeness2. Solving a puzzle3. Solving a crime4. Centered
around a person who investigates problems
5. Centered around person whose job is to get secret information
Genres in fiction can be:• Fantasy Science Fiction Folklore• ‘Possible’ Fiction Historical Fiction Realistic fiction (contemporary)• Mystery• Some Science Fiction