1. Introduction to English 9- Unit 0
Genres in literature
Introduction to English 9- Unit 0

2. What is a genre?
“a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.”
Simplified: things in a category that have similarities in style, form, or subject.

3. Fiction: characteristics
Imaginary characters and settings
Tells a story (plot)
Often conveys a theme or message/ moral about life

4. Non-fiction: Characteristics
Based on facts
Provides information
Credible authors

5. Drama: characteristics
Intended to be performed on stage
Dramatic irony often occurs
Dramatic irony: a literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character.
Includes dialogue
Dialogue: conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie.

6. Historical fiction: characteristics
Setting (the when and where) is a definite time period in history
The conflict is realistic to the time period
Mixture of fictional and real characters

7. Science fiction: characteristics
Often based on scientific principles and technology
May make predictions about life in the future
Often deals with aliens or life on other worlds

8. Poetry: Characteristics
Often written in stanzas
Plays with sounds of words and the rhythms of phrases
Use the sounds of language in deliberate ways

9. Satire: characteristics
Employs wit in the form of irony, innuendo, or outright derision to expose human wickedness and folly
Employs humor and wit to criticize human institutions or humanity itself.
Example:
What is being satirized? How do we know?

10. Technical Writing: Characteristics
Often gives directions or explains a process
Often relates to science or technology
Often uses visuals to help with the explanation

11. Novel: Characteristics
A long work of fiction
Often divided into chapters
Elements include plot, character, setting, conflict, and theme