1. L ITERARY G ENRES Definition: categories used to group different types of literary works.

2. Our Genre List We will be learning about several different types of literary genres. It is important to remember that this list does not include all types of genres found in literary works.

3. N ON -F ICTION This can also be called “informational” material. These types of books provide information that is factual. Nothing is make-believe in these types of materials.

4. R EALITY IS B ROKEN BY J ANE M C G ONIGAL

5. T ELL T HEM W E R EMEMBER : T HE S TORY OF THE H OLOCAUST B Y S USAN B ACHRACH

6. Biographies: A true account of a person's life written, composed, or produced by another. Autobiographies: The biography of a person written by that person.

7. A N O RDINARY M AN BY P AUL R USESABAGINA

8. N ON -F ICTION R ECOMMENDATIONS ● Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose

9. B IOGRAPHY R ECOMMENDATIONS The Diary of Anne Frank and Night, by Elie Weisel

10. D IFFERENT TYPES OF FICTION Historical Fiction: Real events and places in history with a fictional (not real) main character. The main character may interact with real people though.

11. T HE B OOK T HIEF BY M ARKUS Z USAK

12. A L ONG W ALK TO W ATER BY L INDA S UE P ARK

13. T HE H ELP BY K ATHRYN S TOCKETT

14. A L C APONE D OES M Y S HIRTS

15. Realistic Fiction: Stories about situations that are real and could happen to us. Some topics could be family issues, friend relationships, or cultural differences.

16. H OLES BY L OUIS S ACHAR

17. T HE P ERKS OF B EING A W ALLFLOWER B Y S TEVEN C HBOSKY

18. W ONDER BY R.J. P ALACIO

19. Science Fiction: Considered “modern fantasy” Explores scientific fact and current scientific trends. Focus on exploring the unknown

20. E NDER ’ S G AME

21. U NWIND B Y N EAL S HUSTERMAN

22. T HE F OREST OF H ANDS AND T EETH B Y C ARRIE R YAN

23. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm by Nancy Farmer

24. ● Mystery: ● A crime has usually been committed ● Main character is trying to figure out “whodunit” ● Suspense and intrigue

25. N ANCY D REW BY C AROLYN K EENE

26. The Hardy Boys by Franklin W. Dixon

27. T HE W ESTING G AME BY E LLEN R ASKIN

28. T HE UNDERTAKER ’ S G ONE B ANANAS BY P AUL ZINDEL

29. F ANTASY Magical world where anything is possible. Fables Fairy tales Talking animals Gods/goddesses

30. H ARRY P OTTER

31. T HE P RINCESS B RIDE

32. T HE C HRONICLES OF N ARNIA

33. E LLA ENCHANTED BY G AIL C ARSON L EVINE

34. Fables and Myths: ● Fables: These stories usually have a moral that is being taught. It often uses animals that speak and act like humans. ● Myths: a story or group of stories that form part of the traditional knowledge of a society. Myths often use imaginative plots and characters to explain how the world began and why nature and people behave the way they do.

35. T HE L IGHTNING T HIEF

36. C LASSICS These books actually fall into many genres. Their commonality is that they have all stood the test of time. People like them then, they like them now.

37. P RETTY M UCH A NYTHING BY J ANE A USTEN, BUT, E SPECIALLY …

38. T HE H OBBIT BY J.R.R. T OLKIEN

39. I SLAND OF THE B LUE D OLPHINS BY S COTT O’D ELL

40. Graphic Novels A novel in comic-strip format.

41. Smile by Raina Telgemeier

42. Bone by Jeff Smith

43. P LAY Anything by Shakespeare

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45. B IBLIOGRAPHY Children’s Literature Genres, http://www.alpine.k12.ut.us/depts/media/elemless ons_rev/m4-collections/lesson2cl_genre.html http://www.alpine.k12.ut.us/depts/media/elemless ons_rev/m4-collections/lesson2cl_genre.html Genre Study: A Collaborative Approach, http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_vie w.asp?id=270 http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_vie w.asp?id=270 Dictionary.com, http://www.dictionary.comhttp://www.dictionary.com Wordsmyth, http://www.wordsmyth.comhttp://www.wordsmyth.com