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  1. What is a genre?
    A genre is a category of literature.
  2. What are the five main genres for literature?
    • -fiction
    • -nonfiction
    • -folk lore
    • -drama
    • -poetry
  3. What are the four subgenres of nonfiction?
    • -Autobiography
    • -Biography
    • -Informational writing
    • -Persuasive writing
  4. What are the 4 subgenres for Fiction?
    • -historical fiction
    • -science fiction
    • -fantasy
    • -realistic fiction
  5. what are two subgenres of DRAMA?
    • -comedy
    • -tragedy
  6. what are the 5 subgenres of folklore?
    • -tall tales
    • -fairy tales
    • -legends
    • -myths
    • -short stories/fables
  7. What is poetry concerned with?
    Poetry is concerned with the beauty of language.
  8. The journey to the center of the earth. 

    Genre:

    Subgenre:
    EXPLAIN:
    genre: FICTION

    subgenre: FANTASY

    EXPLAIN: Because it is not real.
  9. SLEEPING BEAUTY

    Genre
    subgenre
    explanation
    • genre: folklore
    • subgenre: fairy tales
    • explain: Sleeping beauty is a princess. there are fairies.
  10. THE REIGN OF ATTILA THE HUN
    GENRE:
    subgenre
    explain
    • genre: fiction
    • subgenre: historical

    because it about history but it is a fiction version
  11. THE PRINCESS OF MARS

    genre
    subgenre
    explain
    • genre: fiction
    • subgenre: fantasy

    explain: there are people on mars.
  12. THE READING TIME

    genre
    subgenre
    explain
    • genre: nonfiction
    • subgenre: informative
    • explain: it has information that informs us
  13. What is a biography?
    it tells the story of the life of people
  14. writing that is true, factual, informative or persuasive:
    nonfiction
  15. the two main genres of this are tragedy and comedy
    drama
  16. Most stories fall into this genre, which means the text is made up or a product of the imagination
    fiction
  17. stories that could actually happen but don't
    realistic
  18. stories with aliens, advanced technolgy
    science fiction
  19. stories that take place in the wild west: everything is exaggerated in a humorous way
    tall tale
  20. very short stories with talking animals and a moral
    fables
  21. stories with gods or godesses, usually about creation
    myths
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