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Literary Genres

This document defines and describes various literary genres including fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, realistic fiction, fables, folk tales, tall tales, myths/legends, fairy tales, and biography. It provides key characteristics of each genre such as fiction involving imaginary people and events, non-fiction involving real people and events, poetry using rhyme and vivid language, and drama including characters, acts/scenes, dialogue, and stage directions.

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Literary Genres

This document defines and describes various literary genres including fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, realistic fiction, fables, folk tales, tall tales, myths/legends, fairy tales, and biography. It provides key characteristics of each genre such as fiction involving imaginary people and events, non-fiction involving real people and events, poetry using rhyme and vivid language, and drama including characters, acts/scenes, dialogue, and stage directions.

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What is a literary

genre?
A genre is a
particular style or
type of writing.
Major Genres
• Fiction
– Writing that tells about
imaginary people and events

• Non-Fiction
– Writing that tells about real
people and events
•lines of poetry (verses) are
written in stanzas
•may include patterns of rhyme to
capture the reader’s interest
•uses carefully selected words and phrases
to create vivid pictures in the reader’s
mind
Drama
•a cast of characters
•a narrator who gives
important information
•parts called acts or scenes
•props to help support action
•dialogue that tells what the actors
say
•stage directions in italics
Realistic Fiction
•The setting is realistic

•The characters speak and act


like real people

•The story describes real-life


problems and events
Fable
•Characters are simpler than real
people - they may be completely
greedy, completely wicked , or very
gentle

•Actions are repeated


over and over

•Some fables teach a lesson about


what is important in life, such as
fairness, kindness, or cleverness
Folk Tale
• Told in many different versions by many
different people
• Original storyteller is unknown
• Characters are animals that act and
speak like people
• Repetition
• Use of the number three
Tall Tale

• Extraordinary person - the main character is


better at things than an ordinary person

• Exaggeration – makes something greater or bigger


than it really could be

• Explanation – explains how something came to be


Myth / Legend
• A kind of fantasy
• A very old story
handed down by
word of mouth
• Explains something
about nature or
answers questions
about the meaning of
life or what is good
Fairy Tales
• Often begin with
Once upon a time or Include a good
Long, long ago character and a bad
(evil) character
Include magic Involves a
or something problem that
enchanted is solved and
Setting is a the good
forest or a people live
castle happily ever
Biography
• Nonfiction
• Story about a real
person’s life that is
written by another
person
• Can cover a person’s
whole life, part of a
person’s life, or a single
incident
• A true account of a
person’s life based on
facts collected by the
author
• Written from the third

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