1. What is a genre?
A category of art.

2. Which kind of music is your favorite?
Rap
Jazz
Heavy Metal
Country
Pop
Classical

3. Which type of Movie is your favorite?
Comedy
Mystery
Drama
Documentary
Horror
Action
Science Fiction

4. Poetry Historical Fiction Comedy Mystery Realistic Fiction Heavy Metal
Literature
Poetry
Historical Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Science
Fiction
Nonfiction
Folk Tales
Fantasy
Fairy Tale
Movies
Comedy
Mystery
Drama
Documentary
Horror
Action
Science Fiction
Music
Heavy Metal
Pop
Classical
Country
Jazz
Rap

5. FICTION NONFICTION Literary Genres Essays Historical Fiction Poetry
Feature Story
Science Fiction
Biography
Realistic Fiction
Autobiography
Mythology
Editorials
Folk Tales
Memoirs
Academic Texts
Informational Articles

6. NONFICTION Today’s Focus Feature Story Editorials Biography
Essays
Feature Story
Editorials
Biography
Autobiography
Memoirs
Academic Texts
Informational Articles

7. MEMOIR CHARACTERISTICS
Personal narration - the writer writes about himself.
The writer writes about his relationships with others and places that had an impact on him.
It focuses on a brief period of time in the writer’s life that he wishes to write about.
The plot of the memoir is about the pain and happiness the writer has been through and how he made the best of it or how he got through it.
The writer discusses his feelings, thoughts, and emotions about the events in focus

8. Memoir characteristics continued…
The memoir engages the reader in a conversational way. So the readers feels like the writer is speaking to them.
Memoirs are written in such a way that the reader can learn something from it—we call this life lesson a theme.
The writer uses descriptive language to appeal to the readers senses: Smell, touch, hear, see, taste.
This is called imagery