The+many+genres+of+reading

The many genres of reading


 * Genre is a particular style or type of writing.
 * TWO MAJOR GENRES
 * 1) Fiction- fiction is a writing that tells about imaginary people and events.
 * 2) Non-Fiction- non-fiction is a writing that tells about real people and events.
 * Poetry
 * 1) Poetry is written in stanzas and line.
 * 2) Poetry also include patterns.
 * 3) Poetry creates vivid pictures in reader's mind.
 * Drama
 * 1) A cast of characters.
 * 2) A narrator give important information.
 * 3) The sections or parts are called acts or scenes.
 * 4) Acts are the larger part.
 * 5) Scenes are smaller.
 * 6) Props support action.
 * 7) Dialogue tells the actors what to say.
 * 8) Stage directions are in italics and tell the actors how, where, and when to move about the stage.
 * Fable
 * 1) Characters are simpler than real people.
 * 2) They may be completely greedy or gentle.
 * 3) Actions are repeated over and over.
 * 4) Some fables teach a lesson about life, fairness, kindness or cleverness.
 * Tall Tale
 * 1) Extraordinary the main character is better at things than an ordinary person.
 * 2) Exaggeration makes something bigger than what its really is.
 * 3) Explanation explains how something came to be.
 * Realistic Fiction
 * 1) The setting is realistic
 * 2) the characters speak and act like real people.
 * 3) The story describes real-life problems or events.
 * Folk tale
 * 1) Told in many different versions by many different people.
 * 2) Original storyteller is unknown.
 * 3) Characters are animals that act and speak like people
 * 4) Use of the number three.
 * Myth/Legend
 * 1) A kind of fantasy.
 * 2) Told by word of mouth and old story.
 * 3) Explains something about nature or answers questions about the meaning or what is Good/Evil.
 * Fairy Tales
 * 1) Often begin with Once upon a time or long, long ago.
 * 2) Includes magic or something enchanted.
 * 3) Setting is in a forest or castle.
 * 4) Includes a protagonist and antagonist characters.
 * Autobiography/Biography
 * 1) Biography-written about a real persons life.
 * 2) Written about a persons whole life.
 * 3) Told third person point of view.
 * Autobiography
 * 1) Autobiography is about a real person and written by it's person itself.