Literary Genres

The word "genre" means...

Written to inspire thoughts and feelings in the reader; it often uses rhythm and rhyme.

The genre that uses magic or other supernatural elements

Genre that deals with space and time travel, as well as, advances in medicine

Fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances

Blends fact and fictional narrative (story) while referencing history

What is a benefit of knowing the genre of book you are reading?

There are different genres of music, dance, art, and literature.

Fiction is real events with real people.

Writing that is facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history.

Genre mainly based around exciting undertakings involving risk and physical danger

Fiction or nonfiction in comic-strip format

A literary genre refers to...

Stories that have a real setting and a problem to be solved that includes clues.

Fictional stories that could have actually occurred to people or animals