Post on 15-May-2015
What Genre Am I?
Writers create texts in a variety of styles. Which genre do you like to read? In which genre do you want to write?
Adventure Story
• Main theme--Risk or danger.
• fast-paced plot focuses on the actions of the hero within the setting
• features animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature which are given human qualities
• illustrates a moral lesson
Fairy TaleFantasy
• magic characters/items, fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, giants, and talking animals.
• Modern fairy tales use existing fairy tale plots but set them in today’s world.
• Imaginative setting
Legend
• A story usually about a national or folk hero.
• Set in a particular time and place
• partly true and partly fiction.
• The character traits of the hero are typically exaggerated.
MythOrigin Story
• An event that is meant to serve as an explanation for some phenomenon of nature or human behavior.
• Characters are usually gods.
Science Fiction
• set in the future or on other planets
• based on the impact of actual, imagined, or potential science.
• Dystopia – science/humanity gone wrong
Romance
• primary focus is on the relationship and romantic love between two people
• "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending.“
Historical Fiction
• takes place in a historically accurate time and setting.
• attempt to capture the spirit, manners, and social conditions of the persons or time(s).
• Dramatize historical figures
Realistic Fiction
• seems real or could happen in real life
• set in present day and includes modern day problems and events
Mystery
• Puzzling event or situation.
• Solving a crime. • Centered around a
person who investigates wrongdoing.
• Suspense and secrets
Horror
• intended to scare, unsettle, or horrify the audience.
• any work of fiction with a morbid, gruesome, surreal, or exceptionally suspenseful or frightening theme
• Supernatural
Gothic• combines elements of
both horror and romance
• mystery, the supernatural, ghosts, haunted houses, castles, darkness, death, decay, doubles, madness, secrets, and hereditary curses
Combine Genres For Fun