Genres and literature When you speak about genre and literature, genre means a category, or kind of story. S. Bolmeier/MPS

All categories of books or stories can be called either fiction or non-fiction. Fiction za made up story zcan tell about things that could happen zis read for fun zcharacters may be like real people or imaginary Non-Fiction z has facts that can be checked and proven z the author is an expert on this information z it IS TRUE!

Genre There are many categories of stories and books Here are some of the common ones: Alphabet books How to books animal bookscolor books arts and craft booksfolktales fantasymystery poetry biographies

Genre These are the choices we will use zRealistic Fiction zFantasy zPoetry zTraditional Literature zInformational

Realistic fiction zcan be based on a real story zcharacters act like real people zcharacter tries to solve a problem zstory could happen in real life zsome events are historically accurate zcharacters feelings and behaviors are like real life

Fantasy zAnimal characters may act like people zcharacters may have special powers zcharacters may be imaginary beings zsetting may be in another time (future) zusually has a good vs. evil conflict zmay use scientific principles not yet available or discovered

Poetry zpage format may look different than other books zmay have rhythm (beat) zmay rhyme zimaginative and creative zuses describing or exciting words ztells a story in verse

Informational zTells facts that can be looked-up or proven ztells about real events zcharacters have really lived zmay have maps, diagrams and illustrations to explain the facts zauthor is an expert on the subject

Traditional Literature ztells about the great deeds of a person who may have lived zmay exaggerate a persons bravery or powers zprobably a long ago setting zstory may be considered a part of the history and culture of a group of people zmagic may be used to solve a problem za lesson can be learned from the story