GENRE Mrs. Folkers June 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

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.