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Post Goal: The goal of this post is to inform readers about the different genres of literature. Providing inspiration for the reader to take out their own notebooks and write a new story.
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– William Faulkner-
Genres of Literature:
Reading and writing goes hand in hand. Good readers by default should be great writers. Writers copy elements of the literature that they enjoy and add their own twist to a story. So if you can read I expect you to write.
There are different genres of literature.
Adapted from Children’s Literature, Briefly by Michael O. Tunnell and James S. Jacobs.
Poetry: Is the written verse, it does not appear in paragraph form. Poetry is usually written in stanzas; however, it may also appear in column, in shapes, or as a single line.
Non-Fiction – Biography: Is the factual information about the life of an individual, however, the information is not written by the individual but by someone else.
Non-Fiction- Autobiography: An individual writes facts about his or her own life experiences.
Modern Fantasy (low): Story deviates from the natural physical laws on earth. Something happens that is not truly possible; however, the setting for the story happens on planet earth the entire time.
Modern Fantasy (high): The story deviates from the natural physical laws of earth. Something that is not truly possible. The setting of the sotry is in another world. Usually the story begins on earth and the characters move to another plane in some other manner.
Traditional fantasy: These stories were passed down generation from generation and have no known author. When they finally were written down it was by “collectors” rather than authors.
Science fiction: This is a specialized branch of modern fantasy. This genre deals with scientific possibilities. Sci-fi often takes known scientific facts and promotes new and unproven hypothesis with them. These stories can contain some futuristic depictions of life on earth as part of the story line.
Horror: This genre means to arouse fear in the reader. Usually contains monstrous or gruesome events.
Classic: These stories were written at least fifty years ago and firmly established as piece of literature for study through the language arts.
Modern Classic: These stories are less than fifty years old but are already established pieces of literature for study through the language arts.
Historical fiction: These stories usually sets in a specific time period and has strong historical backgrounds. However, the characters in these stories are purely fictional.
Contemporary Realistic Fiction: These stories happen in today’s world but are fictional.
Myths: Fiction stories who tries to explain natural events.
Tall tale: Exaggerated stories that are usually entertaining and are unreliable .
Now is your time to practice in your writers notebook:
1) Read books.
2) Identify the genre in which each book belongs to:
3) What are some elements that you enjoyed in each story.
4) What about the characters moved you? (Think about how you felt as you met the characters).
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Much love,
Raquel
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