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Literary Genres
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Genre | A category of literature. The main literary genres are fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. |
| Nonfiction | __________is based on real facts about people, places, animals, or events. |
| Autobiography | a story about a person’s life and is written by the person who lived it. |
| Biography | a selection about a real person's life that is written by another person. |
| Expository Nonfiction | This type of nonfiction provides information about real-life persons, objects, or ideas. (It explains and gives facts.) |
| Narrative Nonfiction | This type of nonfiction tells about events that really happened in the form of a story. |
| Interview | a type of nonfiction that has one person asking questions, and another person answering the questions |
| Fiction | stories that the author has made up |
| Realistic Fiction | Although the people and events in this type genre are made-up, the story is possible. Believable characters engage in actions that seem truthful and the story has a reasonable outcome. |
| Humorous Fiction | This type of fiction is funny, and it is also often realistic. |
| Historical Fiction | combines imagination and fact, with fictional characters and plot placed in a real setting from the past. Some characters and events may be real, but some parts are also imaginary. |
| Mystery | A type of fiction that usually has some type of crime to be solved. It may be scary or suspenseful. |
| Fantasy | a make-believe story that could never happen in the real world. This genre often has elements of magic or imaginary creatures. |
| Science Fiction | a kind of fantasy that uses scientific information to make a story seem more believable to the reader. |
| Science Fiction | This genre may have stories that deal with time travel, outer space, aliens, advanced technology, or the future. |
| Historical Fiction | This is basically realistic fiction that is set in the past. |
| Traditional Literature | Folk tales, Fairy tales, Tall tales, Myths, and Legends are all types of _______________literature. |
| drama | A play. It tells a story but it is written to be acted out for an audience. |
| Poetry | a type of literature in which words are carefully chosen and arranged to create certain effects, rhythm, and emotional response (and sometimes rhyme.) |
| graphic novel | This is not really a genre. It is a format, and it publishes books from many different genres in the style of a comic book. |
| science fiction | A story about dinosaurs created in a lab and hatched in the future would be ______________ |
| historical fiction | a story about a made-up character experiencing the Battle of Gettysburg during the Civil War would be _______________ |
| fantasy | a story about a girl with magical powers who can make books fly would be _____________ |
| mystery | a story about a group of kids who solve clues to find out who committed a crime would be _________ |
| traditional | Greek mythology is one type of _______________literature |
| science fiction | a story where a boy travels back in time to meet George Washington would be ______________ |
| fantasy | a story where dragons and unicorns live in the forest would be ____________ |
| biography | The story of Abraham Lincoln's life written by Sally Smith would be ______________________ |
| autobiography | The story of Mrs. Reynerson's life written by Mrs. Reynerson would be __________________________ |
| expository nonfiction | a book about trains and how they function would be _________________ |
| narrative nonfiction | a book that tells the story of how the Kellogg's cereal company began would be ________________ |
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