fictional genre notes. genre a category or group used to sort or organize something. –music...
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Features of Fiction
•Characters• Setting• Problem/solution•Beginning, Middle, and End•Drawings or cartoons
Elements of Historical Fiction
• Fiction (has to be not true)• Based on historical events• Authentic (seems like it could be real)
settings• Characters seem realistic• Some characters may be actual people
from history, but the story is fictional• Artistic mix of fiction and historical fact
(has to be a balance, can’t be too much of one or the other)
Realistic Fiction
• can be based on a real story• characters act & think like real
people• character tries to solve a problem• story could happen in real life• some events can be historically
accurate
Science Fiction
Made up of stories that blend fact and fiction with futuristic technology
& often in futuristic setting.
Dystopia Definition• An imaginary place or state in which
the condition of life is extremely bad, as from deprivation, oppression, or terror (Wikipedia).
Elements of DYSTOPIAN
• Told in the far future• Sameness of the society• Separation within the society (the haves and
the have nots)• Someone stands out among the society• Good guys aren’t as good as they seem• Humans (especially kids) are test subjects• Revolution• Post War (the world is totally messed up)
Why do we love reading something that is so sad and depressing?
Talk to your partner about the answer.
30 seconds!
Answers!!!!!!!• Give us a glimpse of how the world may be
in the distant future
• Allows us to think about how we’d survive dire situations (famine, plague, homelessness, etc)
• Makes us thankful that we live in a place that has order
• It is soooooo dramatic and action- packed
• Gives us hope
• Often thought of as a
detective story
• Usually involves a mysterious death or a crime to be solved
Mystery
• Inference Gaps-Reader tries to solve the puzzle by connecting the info
• Suspense-Have to WAIT to see what happens.
• Foreshadowing-Clues left by the author as to possible outcomes
– Watch out for the Red Herring (False Conclusions!)
ELEMENTS of a MYSTERY
Fantasy• Animal characters may act like
people• characters may have special
powers • characters may be imaginary
beings• setting may be in another time
(future)• good vs. evil conflict
Fairy Tale• Once upon a time...and they lived
happily ever after. • Good character vs. Evil character • Royalty and/or a castle usually
present • Magic happens • Problem and a Solution • Things often happen in "threes" or "sevens"
Action/Adventure• Always expect the worst - the main characters
have everything thrown at them.
• The entire read is a roller coaster ride of chills and excitement with the last stop (and page) not always ending in happiness.
• There must be a villain! Without one, there is no adventure or suspense.