1. Introduction to Genres

2. SHORT STORIES
A short fictional narrative that tends to be more to the point than novels.
Author’s Purpose: Entertain

3. EXAMPLE: “Just Once”

4. NOVELS
a fictional narrative, longer than a short story, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization pattern. Chapters and parts are elements of a novel.
Author’s Purpose: Entertain

5. EXAMPLE: “Hatchet”

6. EXAMPLE: “Esperanza Risng”

7. PLAYS A story or drama designed to be performed on a stage.
Has stage directions, characters and scenes.
Author’s Purpose: Entertain

8. EXAMPLE: “Romeo & Juliet”

9. LEGENDS
An unverified story handed down from earlier times, especially one popularly believed to be historical
Author’s Purpose: Entertain

10. EXAMPLE: “ The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”

11. Poetry Ideas that are expressed in sound, rhyme and rhythm.
Author’s Purpose: Entertain

12. EXAMPLE: “Basketball’s My Favorite Sport” by Kenn Nesbitt
Basketball’s my favorite sport. I dribble up and down the court.
The ball goes bouncing off my toes and beans the teacher on the nose.
He stumbles back and grabs his nose and hits the wall and down
he goes.
The other players stop and stare. And looked to see if the teacher cares.
With no one playing anymore, I grab the ball. I shoot. I score.
I love this game! It’s so much fun. The teacher cried, but, hey—we won!

13. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES A story / book written by the person himself.
Pronouns- my, I, me, our, we, us
Author’s Purpose: Inform

14. EXAMPLE: Abraham Lincoln
“I was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families-- second families, perhaps I should say. My mother, who died in my tenth year, was of a family of the name of Hanks, some of whom now reside in Adams, and others in Macon Counties, Illinois….”

15. BIOGRAPHIES A story / book written about someone by someone else.
Pronouns- them, they her, him,
Author’s Purpose: Inform

16. EXAMPLE : “Oprah Winfrey” By Kathern E. Krhon
“Four year old Oprah stood on the back porch on her grandparent’s small rural farm in Mississippi. Oprah watched her grandmother stir a big black pot…”

17. NON FICTION / FICTION Non-fiction: REAL (NOT FAKE)
Author’s Purpose: Inform
Fiction: NOT REAL (FAKE)
Author’s purpose- entertain

18. EXAMPLE: NON-FICTION

19. EXAMPLE: FICTION

20. Types of Fiction
Realistic Fiction- a FICTIONAL STORY that COULD really happen. Entertain
Historical Fiction- a FICTIONAL STORY based on an HISTORICAL EVENT. Entertain
Science Fiction- a FICTIONAL STORY that deals with SCIENCE OR TECHNOLOGY. Entertain