Transcript crime - Kelly-Justin White

What Exactly Is a Genre?
Let’s find out!
A Genre is…
• We’ll use genre is a sentence first…
– “What is your favorite genre of music?”
– “What is your favorite genre of literature?”
• The word genre is a French word that means
“type” or “kind”.
• Look back at the sentences above.
Picture This!
Wow! That’s Neat!
Poetry
• Definition – Shortened form of writing.
• Focuses on authors expression of feelings and
opinions.
• Usually follows a certain form/structure.
• Some poems have a unique shape.
• Some poems use words that rhyme to create a
certain effect.
• Sometimes poets use repetition of sounds or
patterns to create a musical effect in their poems.
Traditional
Literature
• Definition – Stories passed down for
generations by oral storytelling.
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Folk Tales (Paul Bunyan)
Myths (Bigfoot)
Legends (Sleeping Bear Dunes)
Fairy Tales (Snow White)
Nursery Rhymes (Humpty Dumpty)
Tall Tales (Babe the Blue Ox)
• Foundation for fantasy.
• Often change over time.
• Unbelievable.
Fantasy
• Definition – Stories with unrealistic settings,
characters, or plots.
• Animals can usually talk.
• Magic is involved in a lot of fantasy.
• Time travel is also involved.
• Plot usually follows hero’s journey.
• Example: Friendly alien travels through time to
find his way home.
Science Fiction
• Definition – Stories about the science and
technology of the future.
• A lot like fantasy
• Focused more on science than magic
• Characters: Talking robots, mad scientist
• Setting: City in space, Mad scientist’s lab
Review Time!
• ______ is a shortened form of writing that
focus on the authors expression of feelings.
• Science fiction focuses more on ______ than
magic?
• Fantasy stories have unrealistic ______,
______, and ______?
• Stories passed down through generations
orally are called?
Realistic Fiction
• Definition – Stories that are untrue, but
could have really happened.
• Characters: regular people doing regular
things.
• Setting: Modern times, realistic settings.
• Plot: Realistic events
• Example: The Red Kayak
Historical Fiction
• Definition – An untrue story focusing on a
certain point in history.
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A branch of realistic fiction.
Characters: famous historical people.
Plot: authentic historical events.
Setting: pre 1970’s , could be historic site.
Informational
• Definition – Literature based on real life
information.
• Provides information on a wide range of topics.
• Non-fiction
• Informs you on things you want to know about.
Mystery
• Definition – Type of fiction in which a detective
solves a crime, or a series of crimes.
• Can also be called detective or crime novels.
• Characters: Detectives, investigators, spies.
• Setting: Crime scene, detective agency, old house
• Plot: Crime or mysterious events, clues = solution
Review Time!
• ______ often uses clues and solutions as part
of the plot.
• This genre focuses on characters, setting and
plots from the past.
• The only non-fiction genre we have studied so
far is __________?
• _______ ________ are stories that are untrue,
but could really happen.
Biography/ Autobiography
• Biography Definition – Story of someone's life,
written by someone else
• Autobiography – Story of someone’s life,
written by themselves.
• Non-fiction.
• Span across a wide range of topics.
• Bio = life Graphy = write Auto = self