Genres Know What You Want!

Genre Definition Pronounced: zhän’ re (French) A particular type or category of literary, music, or artistic composition. Novels and plays are of different genres.

Think about music: R&B Rock and Roll Country & Western Jazz

Think about art: Impressionistic Modern Art Pop Art

Literary Genre Examples Fiction Adventure Fantasy Historical Science Fiction Mystery Horror / Supernatural Folklore Realistic / Problem Non-Fiction Biography Auto-biography Subject books: science, art, language, history, etc.

Genre: Adventure Action stories about a main character against another person, nature, or self. Hatchet by Gary Paulsen Weasel by Cynthia DeFelice

Genre: Fantasy Full of magical happenings. Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

Genre: Historical Made-up stories that take place in a particular time period in the past. History becomes exciting –the reader experiences real history. - Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder -Soldier X by Don Wulffson -Bud Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

Genre: Science Fiction Real and imaginary scientific discoveries, such as life on other planets, form part of the plot. Includes futuristic stories of how the world has gone wrong. The Giver by Lois Lowry House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer

Genre: Mystery Stories involving suspicious strangers, strange occurrences, secret codes, crimes… Sammy Keyes Cam Jansen Wolf Rider by Avi Joan Lowry Nixon books

Genre: Horror / Supernatural Terrifying things happen involving scary humans or non-human creatures like ghosts, vampires, or monsters. Goosebumps by R.L. Stine Christina’s Ghost by Betty Ren Wright

Genre: Folklore Includes stories, myths and fables that people told each other over the years. Cinderella Robin Hood King Arthur Goldilocks Paul Bunyan

Genre: Realistic/Problem True to life stories about rites of passage from childhood to adulthood. Stories about real problems and situations. Alice Alone by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Flying Solo by Ralph Fletcher Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos

Genre: Biography/ Autobiography Non-fiction / Information Biography: written about another person A Picture Book of Anne Frank by David Adler Autobiography: written by the author about his own life. Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank

Genre: Poetry 810 - 811 Uses word pictures to build sensory impressions and create images. Plays with the sound of words and the rhythms of phrases. Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

Plot? Setting? Characters? Thinking more about genres: What elements make the book a certain genre? Plot? Setting? Characters?