GENRE STUDY LEARNING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF VARIOUS TYPES

GENRE STUDY!!! LEARNING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF VARIOUS TYPES OF LITERATURE.

PERSONAL NARRATIVE • Written in first person (I, am, we, my, us, me, mine, our) • Dialogue • Story Telling • Setting (includes people, place and time) • Sequence (Chronological order-Time) • Factual

POETRY • Uses Figurative Language ex. Simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification • Rhyme scheme (possibly) • Stanzas, line breaks • Imagery

EXPOSITORY NONFICTION (RESEARCH) • Form a Research question (something you want to learn more about or seek an answer to) • Identify appropriate sources: encyclopedias, nonfiction texts (biographies, autobiographies other informative materials), websites ending in. org. edu. gov • Gather information from sources • Sort/ sift through the information • Process information to determine meaning • Create a final product that presents your findings including a work cited page

FICTION • Stories from an author’s imagination usually with an emphasis on character development. • Realistic fiction- is a story based on the author’s imagination that could probably happen in real life. • Historical fiction are fictions based in historical events or with historical characters. • Science fiction- fictional stories with scientific information within. • Fantasy-fiction that is usually characterized by use of magical places, characters or items.

LITERARY ANALYSIS • With literary analysis, the focus is not on offering your opinion about the work; rather, the focus is to interpret and analyze the text. • Direct quotes • Indirect quotes • Paraphrasing • Character analysis • Theme analysis • Author analysis • Piece interpretation

ANTHOLOGY • Collection of works that are related • Collections written by the same author • Collection organized by theme • Collection organized by genre • Collection organized by time period

EXPOSITORY NONFICTION (PERSUASIVE) To present an argument or point of view, to influence • begins with a position statement • supported by evidence and examples • attempts to persuade by using logic • and appealing to the reader’s emotions • or sense of moral justice • may include research data • may compare or contrast

RHETORICAL ANALYSIS Analyzing how something is being said (rhetorical analysis). Looking not solely for what the piece is about; we are discovering how it is about what it is about. • Nine possible rhetorical forms in the text: example, definition, comparison-contrast, classification, process analysis, description, narrative, cause-and-effect, assertion/justification. • These are broad forms that the speaker or writer can take to shape the message. Writers decide to hang their message upon one or more of these forms. • The first step toward rhetorical analysis is to identify the forms that the writer has chosen.