GenresGenres““Genre” is a French word meaning “type” or Genre” is a French word meaning “type” or

“kind.”“kind.”

a category of artistic, musical, or literary a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular composition characterized by a particular

style, form, or contentstyle, form, or content

Grade 44.1.12 Experience various literary and media genres. Read, view, and recognize various literary (e.g., poetry, novels, historical fiction, and nonfiction) genres. .

Definition of a GenreDefinition of a Genre

““Genre” is a French word meaning Genre” is a French word meaning

““type” or “kind.”type” or “kind.”

A genre is a category of literary A genre is a category of literary composition characterized by a composition characterized by a

particular style, form, or contentparticular style, form, or content..

List of GenresList of Genres

FictionFiction Realistic FictionRealistic Fiction NonfictionNonfiction BiographyBiography AutobiographyAutobiography Historical FictionHistorical Fiction

Tall TaleTall TaleFantasy Fantasy PlaysPlaysFolktale Folktale PoetryPoetryFairy TaleFairy TaleMythsMythsFableFable

FictionFiction

Any piece of Any piece of writing that tells writing that tells about people who about people who never existed or never existed or things that didn’t things that didn’t actually happen. actually happen. True-to-life stories True-to-life stories and fantasy are and fantasy are examples of fiction. examples of fiction.

FantasyFantasyA story that could not A story that could not possibly happen. A story possibly happen. A story that tells about things that that tells about things that could not really happen could not really happen except in one’s imagination. except in one’s imagination. Stories that tell about such Stories that tell about such things as talking animals, things as talking animals, huge giants, weird huge giants, weird monsters, and other such monsters, and other such imaginary beings. imaginary beings.

Realistic FictionRealistic Fiction

Stories that are Stories that are made up by the made up by the author, but are author, but are about people who about people who seem real and are seem real and are about events that about events that could actually have could actually have taken place. taken place.

A story about a real event A story about a real event or about the life of a or about the life of a famous person, a telling famous person, a telling of something that actually of something that actually happened, or an article. happened, or an article. (Expository Nonfiction- (Expository Nonfiction- exposes the truth)exposes the truth)

A story about aA story about a

Historical Nonfiction

BiographyBiography

A book that tells A book that tells information about the information about the story of someone’s life, story of someone’s life, usually someone who usually someone who does something does something important. (How these important. (How these people lived, what their people lived, what their homes and families were homes and families were like, what they did to like, what they did to make their lives unusual make their lives unusual and interesting to others.) and interesting to others.)

Autobiography:Autobiography:

A story that a A story that a person writes about person writes about his or her own life.his or her own life.

FableFable

Stories that teach a Stories that teach a lesson. The lesson lesson. The lesson at the end of a fable at the end of a fable is also called a moral is also called a moral or proverb. A or proverb. A proverb is a wise proverb is a wise saying. saying. Perseverance wins the race

The Hare and the Tortoise

Tall TalesTall Tales

JJohn Henry: The Steel Driving Manohn Henry: The Steel Driving Man

Life of Johnny Life of Johnny AppleseedAppleseed

Paul Bunyan: The Giant LumberjackPaul Bunyan: The Giant Lumberjack

Pecos Bill Cleans Up the WestPecos Bill Cleans Up the West

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Tall Tale: A story that is humorously exaggerated of the backwoods exploits of an American frontiersman. Examples

In a play, you watch the In a play, you watch the characters and hear them talk. characters and hear them talk. The directions are in The directions are in parenthesis, they tell the parenthesis, they tell the players what to do or how to players what to do or how to say something. It is written in a say something. It is written in a special form. You can special form. You can recognize a play by the names recognize a play by the names with colons after them instead with colons after them instead of regular paragraphs, by the of regular paragraphs, by the list of characters on the first list of characters on the first page, and by the stage page, and by the stage directions. directions.

Guide: Step inside and off you go! (bell rings)(To the audience)Boy, is he in for shock! Where he’s going it’s cold, cold, cold! Can you guess where he’s going?That’s right - the Arctic. Where Alaska and Canada are located.

TT : Boy, it’s freezing! I see nothing but snow-covered land. Wait a minute. I see someone coming and they’re wearing caribou skin.

A story or legend that A story or legend that has been handed has been handed down, usually by word down, usually by word of mouth, from one of mouth, from one generation to the next generation to the next in a particular area or in a particular area or country. This story is country. This story is told again and again, told again and again, until almost all of the until almost all of the people in a country people in a country know the story.know the story.

Feeling that he is a failure in his own village, a Cherokee Indian boy goes into the forest, where the creatures present him with a magical flute

A written form of A written form of literature that literature that provides means for provides means for expressing expressing feelings, thoughts, feelings, thoughts, and moods. All and moods. All poetry has its own poetry has its own rhythm, but not all rhythm, but not all poetry rhymes. poetry rhymes.

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The leaves fellThe sun shone downAll I could do was watch

The colors are amazingYellow, red, and gold

Fairytales Fairytales Fight between good Fight between good

and evil and evil Teaches a lesson Teaches a lesson

• Always has a happy Always has a happy ending ending

• ...and they lived ...and they lived happily ever after happily ever after

In fairytales the heroes and heroines always win in the end

Long, long ago... Once upon a time... In a far off land... Once there was... Far, far away...

Myths are stories Myths are stories that usually explain that usually explain something about the something about the world and involve world and involve gods and other gods and other supernatural beings. supernatural beings.   

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What type of genre is it?What type of genre is it?

You are going to be given 10 You are going to be given 10 different short passages. Given different short passages. Given what you have learned today, what you have learned today,

you must determine what genre you must determine what genre the literature would fall under.the literature would fall under.

Good Luck!Good Luck!

11. . Narcissus was a Greek boy who Narcissus was a Greek boy who loved to look at his reflection in loved to look at his reflection in the water. As punishment for the water. As punishment for thinking only of himself, the gods thinking only of himself, the gods turned him into a flower that turned him into a flower that grows by rivers and streams. grows by rivers and streams. Today, we still call that flower Today, we still call that flower “narcissus.”“narcissus.”

2. 2.

The ten year old Fisher twins The ten year old Fisher twins have just moved to a large city. have just moved to a large city. They try many different ways to They try many different ways to make friends.make friends.

3.3.

Johnny Appleseed is the name given Johnny Appleseed is the name given to an American pioneer named John to an American pioneer named John Chapman. Johnny was suppose to Chapman. Johnny was suppose to have traveled hundreds of miles have traveled hundreds of miles along the frontier, giving apple seeds along the frontier, giving apple seeds to everyone. Some people said he to everyone. Some people said he wore a tin pot as a hat, a coffee sack wore a tin pot as a hat, a coffee sack as a shirt, and no shoesas a shirt, and no shoes..

4.4.

Jake went off to boarding school, Jake went off to boarding school, and discovered that his new and discovered that his new professors were beasts from a far professors were beasts from a far off galaxy. He is trying to survive, off galaxy. He is trying to survive, because he doesn’t want to be because he doesn’t want to be the teacher’s next snack.the teacher’s next snack.

5.5.SOME BOYS, playing near a pond, saw a SOME BOYS, playing near a pond, saw a number of Frogs in the water and began to number of Frogs in the water and began to pelt them with stones. They killed several pelt them with stones. They killed several of them, when one of the Frogs, lifting his of them, when one of the Frogs, lifting his head out of the water, cried out: "Pray head out of the water, cried out: "Pray stop, my boys: what is sport to you, is stop, my boys: what is sport to you, is death to us." death to us."

-"One man's pleasure may be another's -"One man's pleasure may be another's pain."- pain."-

6. 6.

This book was written by Hillary This book was written by Hillary Duff about her life and growing up Duff about her life and growing up in the spotlight. She talks about in the spotlight. She talks about being a Disney star, and what joy being a Disney star, and what joy it has brought to her life.it has brought to her life.

7.7.

Homework, Oh Homework!Homework, Oh Homework!

I hate you, you stick.I hate you, you stick.

I wish I could wash you I wish I could wash you

down the kitchen sink . . . down the kitchen sink . . .

8.8.

Mrs. Runyan:Mrs. Runyan:

Class, turn in your textbooks to Class, turn in your textbooks to page page

Joey: Joey: But Mrs. Runyan, you said But Mrs. Runyan, you said we wouldn’t have any Math we wouldn’t have any Math homework tonight. homework tonight.

9.9.

A long time ago in a far away land, A long time ago in a far away land, lived a stranger in the woods. No lived a stranger in the woods. No one cared at all for, only because one cared at all for, only because they had never got to know him. . . they had never got to know him. . . The stranger and the princess The stranger and the princess lived happily ever after. lived happily ever after.

10. 10.

As I was walking to Knoxville yesterday, As I was walking to Knoxville yesterday, which only took me 7 large leaps, I ran right which only took me 7 large leaps, I ran right into the sun. It burned my forehead and I into the sun. It burned my forehead and I had to go to the doctor to get it bandaged had to go to the doctor to get it bandaged up. It took 4,560,358 band aids to cover up. It took 4,560,358 band aids to cover my boo boo! I went home after a long day, my boo boo! I went home after a long day, and I ate 49 catfish for supper. I had and I ate 49 catfish for supper. I had caught them the night before, bare-handed. caught them the night before, bare-handed. They each weighed more than 900 pounds. They each weighed more than 900 pounds.