1. Genres

2. Genre Dictionary definition: Our Definition:
a group of artistic, musical, or literary work described by a particular style, form, or content .
Our Definition:
a kind of literary work.

3. Historical Fiction
Fictional characters and events in a historical setting.
The characters and events in historical fiction are related to a specific period in time.
The facts about the historical event and period are accurate.
The people might be made up. However, sometimes they include real people from history.
Reading historical fiction is a good way to understand a period of the past.

4. Historical Fiction Example

5. Historical Fiction Examples
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Lily’s Crossing by Patricia Giff
Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson

6. Science Fiction
May use scientific principles not yet available or discovered
Setting may be in another time (future)
Major events might really happen, based on scientific facts
May take place on another planet or place that scientists theorize may exist
Characters: fictional, but act in ways making sense from a scientific viewpoint

7. Example of Science Fiction

8. Examples of Science Fiction
StarWars
Ender’s Game

9. Realistic Fiction
A story that is not true but that could actually happen.
Can be based on a real story
Characters act like real people
Character tries to solve a problem

10. Realistic Fiction Example

11. Realistic Fiction Examples
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Holes by Louis Sachar
Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Giff

12. Fantasy
Fiction with strange or other worldly settings or characters; fiction which invites suspension of reality
Animal characters may act like people
Characters may have special powers
Characters may be imaginary beings
Usually has a good vs. evil conflict

13. Fantasy Example

14. Examples of Fantasy Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

15. Mystery
Fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets
Detective helps solve crime
Suspects may be involved in crime
Not true, but seems like it could happen in real life

16. Mystery Examples The Egypt Game by Z. Snyder
Chasing Vermeer by B. Balliett
Midnight Magic by Avi

17. Dystopian
Characterized as fiction that presents a negative view of the future.
Characteristics of a Dystopian Society
Information, independent thought, and freedom are restricted
Citizens are usually under constant surveillance
Citizens conform to uniform expectations. Individuality is bad
The society is an illusion of a perfect world.
The Dystopian Protagonist
Often feels trapped and is struggling to escape
Believes something is wrong with the society
Helps the audience recognize the negative aspects of the dystopian world through his or her perspective

18. Dystopian Example

19. Dystopian Examples

20. Poetry Characterized by rhythm, rhyme, or stanzas.
Can be fiction or non-fiction

21. Non-Fiction: What is it?
Books that discuss facts, deal with real or historical characters, circumstances or events.
Examples:
Textbooks!
Science, Sports, Drawing, Animals, or Places, a Specific Time Period, etc.

22. Biographies
True stories about a person’s life or parts of his/her life
Some are collective biographies with many biographies groups together.

23. Another type of Biography: Autobiographies
Autobiographies are where people write about their own life.