Genres & Subgenres

What is a genre?

• Category

• Kind

• Type

• All of the above!

How many genres are we studying?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

How many subgenres are we studying?

• 10

• 12

• 13

• 15

Select the reasons why genres are important

• Genres help organize information so that readers can more easily make sense of what they are about to read

• They allow writers to specialize in one genre or to dabble in others

• Genres give writers a specific type of literature to work within

• Genres allow readers to easily choose what they want to read!

• Genres are dumb and are not important

What are the 5 main genres of literature?

• Fiction, nonfiction, folklore, drama, poetry

• Fiction, science fiction, historical fiction, realistic fiction, mysteries

• Nonfiction, biographies, autobiographies, informational, persuasive

• Folklore, fairytales, fables, myths, legends

• Drama, tragedy, comedy, poetry, fiction

This subgenre tries to influence the reader to believe something

• Informational

• Persuasive

• Biography

• Autobiography

This subgenre explains something to the reader

• Persuasive

• Informational

• Biography

• Autobiography

A true life story written by oneself

• Autobiography

• Biography

• Informational

• Persuasive

A true life story written about someone else

• Autobiography

• Biography

• Informational

• Persuasive

Set in the past and based on real people and/or events

• Realistic fiction

• Nonfiction

• Historical fiction

• Mystery