GENRE

Mrs. FolkersJune 20, 1999

Definition:

Genre is just a fancy way of saying

“different categories or types of books”.

Can you tell me your favorite

genres?

How about... autobiography

biography

fantasy

folklore

poetry

nonfiction

historical fiction

realistic fiction

*adventure

*mystery

*animal stories

*contemporary

science fiction

Autobiography

Factual story about a real person in the past or in the present.

Written by the person the story is about.

Biography

Factual story about a real person in the past or in the present.

Written by someone else.

President George Washington

Fantasy

Characters allowed to have traits that we know are physically impossible.

Characters may solve a problem by using magic or some other impossible strategy.

Folklore Stories, myths, and

fables that people toldone another through theyears. Finally, someonewrote them down.

Features characterswho are all goodand/or bad.

Features unrealisticstory elements.

Sometimes there is amoral or lesson to belearned.

Poetry

Verse written to evoke thoughts and feeling in the reader.

Often uses rhythm and rhyme to convey its message.

Nonfiction

Books that contain factual information about a subject, or reference books in general (like encyclopedias).

Historical Fiction

Stories that take place in a real location at a particular time in the past.

Characters may be fictional or real.

Some real events are mixed with fictional events of the time.

Realistic Fiction

Stories that involve characters and events that appear to be realistic.

Science Fiction

Stories in which the major events rely on scientific fact, discovery, or exploration and/or characters who are alien to Earth.

Setting may be Earth or some other space location.