Genres and Subgenres Classifying Stories Genres to Cover
Genres and Subgenres Classifying Stories Genres to Cover: Fiction Folklore Non-Fiction
Genres and Subgenres Texts can be separated into groups called genres and subgenres. Text Genre Banana is a Food Harry Potter Book is Fiction Subgenre is a Fruit is Fantasy
Main Genres Fiction: creative or imaginative writing. Nonfiction: writing that is true or factual. Folklore: stories once passed down orally. *Usually will say “retold by” or “adapted by” Dramas: plays or scripts. Poetry: writing concerned with the beauty of language. We will focus on the first three.
Fiction Subgenres Fiction Realistic Fiction Fantasy Historical Fiction Science Fiction
Realistic Fiction: a genre of fiction that is set in the modern present with human characters and is based on the premise that story’s plot could actually happen in the real world. Characteristics - Set in the real world - Human characters - Plot can really happen
Historical Fiction: A genre of fiction that is set in the past and involved real people, places, or significant events from history Characteristics - Set in the past - Characters are sometimes real people from history - Might involve real places of events from history
Science Fiction: A genre of fiction that is set in the future and based on the impact of real, potential, or imagined technology Characteristics: -set in the future - Setting is sometimes a utopia or dystopia - Might involve outer space - Might involve time travel
Fantasy: A genre of fiction that contains magical elements such as nonexistent world, talking animals and other creatures, and objects or people with superpowers Characteristics: - Contains magical elements - May include talking animals or other mythical creatures - Objects or people have superpowers
Scrap Practice 1. Number your paper #1 -4 2. Read the passage and determine if it is realistic fiction, historical fiction, science fiction, or fantasy. Use your notes to help!
Practice 1 Down to the Last Out -Walter Dean Myers 17 year old Biddy Owens is part of the Birmingham Black Barons baseball team and dreams of becoming a major league baseball player. However, most black players can only play for the Negro Leagues. Can Biddy prove he’s good enough to play in any league?
Practice 2 Matched -by Ally Condie Cassia trusts the Society to tell her what to read, watch, and believe. At her matching ceremony, she sees two boys’ faces on the portal screen! Will Cassia discover the truth about her government? How will she choose between Xander and Ky?
Practice 3 The Graveyard Book -by Neil Gaiman After the murder of his family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard where ghost and other supernatural residents raise them as one of their own. Now older, if Bod leaves the graveyard, will he come under attach from the man who killed Bod’s family?
Practice 4 Mockingbird -by Kathryn Erskine Since Caitlin’s brother dies in a school shooting, she is having a hard time seeing anything happy in her world of Asperser's Syndrome. Can she find the closure she and her father desperately needs?
ANSWERS 1. Historical Fiction 2. Science Fiction 3. Fantasy 4. Realistic Fiction
ANSWERS 1. Historical Fiction 2. Science Fiction 3. Fantasy 4. Realistic Fiction
Folklore Subgenres Folklore Fable Tall Tale Fairy Tale Legend Myth
Folktales- stories that are set in the past and has been passed down from generation to generation
Fable: short story with talking animals that usually teacher a lesson/moral. Moral: lesson of the story (clearly stated). Myth: a folktale that explains something about the world such as frightening or mysterious forces or how something came to be Tall Tale: story with unbelievable exaggerations told as it were true/humorous Fairy Tale: a has a magical land and/or talking animals, princesses, and other fantasy figures. Legend: a story that might be true, but is exaggerated.
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Fairytales & Fantasies Both have monsters, magic, or talking animals. What’s the difference? • Fairytales are part of the oral tradition. • Usually it will say “retold by” or “adapted by. ” • Fairytales often start “Once Upon a Time. ”
Tips for Identifying 1. Find the main genre first 2. Look for details that reveal subgenre
1 The Lion and the Mouse Retold by Jerry Pinkney A Lion was sleeping when a Mouse woke him up. The Lion was about to eat him when the Mouse said, “Free me and I shall never forget it: who knows? I may help you some day. " The Lion laughed so much at the idea of the Mouse being able to help him, that he let him go. Some time later the Lion was caught in a hunter’s trap. The little Mouse happened to pass by and, seeing the trapped Lion, he gnawed through the ropes and freed him. Little friends can be a big help.
2 War Brides By Helen Bryan 1939: as Britain prepares for war with Germany in World War II, the lives of five young women are about to collide in the sleepy Sussex village. Together they will face hardship, passion and danger, forming bonds of friendship that will inspire a desperate plan, And, fifty years later, an act of revenge. . .
3 The Adventures of Robin Hood Adapted by Howard Pyle In this work, Pyle sorts through the many folktales concerning the mythical Robin Hood, who may have been a real person, and made them suitable for children. Robin Hood's dashing acts of wealth redistribution (from the rich to the poor) have captured the imagination and fascination of millions of delighted readers through the ages.
4 The Best Book of Sharks by Claire Llewellyn This beautiful book offers insight into the deep-sea lives of one of nature’s deadliest killing machines. Learn where sharks live, what they feed on, how they bear their young.
5 Escape From Earth (OASIS) by Ivis Bo Davis LEAVE EARTH OR DIE– the electromagnetic field around the Earth is fading away. Soon the planet will burn, and everything and everyone on the planet will die. Deep Space Vessel Trisznov is the first human interstellar colony ship, and she is nearly ready to launch in search of a new habitable planet to colonize among the stars. . .
6 In My Time: A Personal & Political Memoir by Dick Cheney and Liz Cheney
7 Pecos Bill by Steven Kellogg and Laura Robb After falling off his parents wagon as a baby, Pecos Bill is raised by coyotes. He then becomes the toughest cowboy in the Wild West by wrestling giant bulls and outrunning a daemon horse.
8 Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer The story of Bella Swan and her vampire love, Edward Cullen. The novel explores Bella's choice between her love for Edward and her friendship with werewolf Jacob Black, along with her dilemma of leaving mortality behind in a terrorized atmosphere, a result of mysterious vampire attacks in Seattle.
9 Perseus: The Hunt for Medusa's Head Adapted by Paul D. Storrie Could a monster whose very look turns men to stone be too perilous even for the son of Zeus? King Polydectes wants to get rid of young Perseus. So he tricks the young hero into performing an impossible task: slaying the snake-haired monster Medusa. But as the son of Zeus, king of the gods, Perseus has many powerful allies. Will Perseus' strength and courage allow him to do the impossible?
10 A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn tells the untold history of the United States by focusing on the unrepresented minority groups: women, Native Americans, and African Americans. He covers the Bill of Rights to Clinton’s presidency and everything in between.
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