Transcript FICTIONAL Genre Notes

FICTIONAL
Genre Notes
GENRE
• A category or group used to
sort or organize something.
– Music
– Books
– Movies
– Etc.
What is Fiction?
FICTION is a story that is:
FROM IMAGINATION
FAKE
NOT REAL
MAKE BELIEVE
Features of Fiction
• Characters
• Setting
• Problem/solution
• Beginning, Middle, and
End
• Drawings or cartoons
Historical Fiction
Most People Think…
But, it’s really all of this
and much MORE!
Civil Rights
Movement
Vietnam War
The
Holocaust
Elements of
Historical Fiction
• Fiction (has to be not true)
• Based on historical events
• Authentic (seems like it could be real)
settings
• Characters seem realistic
• Some characters may be actual people
from history, but the story is fictional
• Artistic mix of fiction and historical
fact (has to be a balance, can’t be too
much of one or the other)
Suggestions…
Civil Rights Movement
WAR
The Holocaust
Disease/E
pidemics
https://yout
u.be/HoSA
MiKzBzA
Realistic Fiction
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can be based on a real story
characters act & think like real people
character tries to solve a problem
story could happen in real life
some events can be historically accurate
https://yo
utu.be/u
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GV0c
Science Fiction
Made up of stories that blend fact and fiction
with futuristic technology
& often in futuristic setting.
https://youtu
.be/zJ-k_FSMro
Dystopia Definition
• An imaginary place or state in which
the condition of life is extremely bad,
as from deprivation, oppression, or
terror
.
(Wikipedia)
Elements of DYSTOPIAN
• Told in the far future
• Sameness of the society
• Separation within the society (the haves and
the have nots)
• Someone stands out among the society
• Good guys aren’t as good as they seem
• Humans (especially kids) are test subjects
• Revolution
• Post War (the world is totally messed up)
Why do we love reading something
that is so sad and depressing?
Talk to your partner about the answer.
30 seconds!
Answers!!!!!!!
• Give us a glimpse of how the world may be
in the distant future
• Allows us to think about how we’d survive
dire situations (famine, plague,
homelessness, etc)
• Makes us thankful that we live in a place
that has order
• It is soooooo dramatic and action- packed
• Gives us hope
The Giver
Movie Trailer!
The Giver
Mystery
• Often thought of as a
detective story
• Usually involves a mysterious
death or a crime to be solved
ELEMENTS of a MYSTERY
• Inference Gaps-Reader tries to solve the
puzzle by connecting the info
• Suspense-Have to WAIT to see what
happens.
• Foreshadowing-Clues left by the author as to
possible outcomes
– Watch out for the Red Herring (False Conclusions!)
https://youtu.be/
FxkkiDlToiU
Fantasy
• Animal characters may act like people
• characters may have special powers
• characters may be imaginary beings
• setting may be in another time (future)
• good vs. evil conflict
Examples of Fantasy
https://youtu.be/S4C
xMgsppEw
Fairy Tale
• Once upon a time...and they lived
happily ever after.
• Good character vs. Evil character
• Royalty and/or a castle usually
present
• Magic happens
• Problem and a Solution
• Things often happen in
"threes" or "sevens"
Suggestions
https://youtu.be/xD5p
cGp62ec
Action/Adventure
• Always expect the worst - the main characters
have everything thrown at them.
• The entire read is a roller coaster ride of chills and
excitement with the last stop (and page) not always
ending in happiness.
• There must be a villain! Without one, there is no
adventure or suspense.
Suggestions
https://youtu.be/
F3R0aU3YYQs