CEATIVE WRITING UNIT - GENRE

We use the term Genre to help us classify literature. Where did this word originate from?

• Germany

• Italy

• England

• France

What are the four main literary genres?

• Poetry & Fiction

• Nonfiction & Drama

• Prose & Mystery

• Plays & Historical Records

Stories that come from the author's imagination

• nonfiction
• fiction
• poetry
• folklore

A non fiction story about a person's life

• Historical fiction
• Fantasy
• Biography
• Tall Tale

How can you best describe the term subgenre?

• An excellent example would be to state that

  non-fiction is a subgenre of drama

• A subgenre can be one of many categories within a particular larger genre.

• A subgenre has several genres under it branch out and address other topics

• a category that is a subdivision of a smaller genre

How would you classify FICTION genre?

• A literary work that is not real and made up.

• A literary work based on true

  real-life events, based on research facts, and not rooted in the fiction narrative

•  A literary work in which special focus is given to the expression of feelings and ideas along with the use of distinctive style, rhythm, and rhyme

• A literary work where the narrative has many conflicts, is high stakes, & characters are driven by human emotions to get something accomplished

How would you classify NON-FICTION genre?

• A literary work that is not real and made up.

• A literary work based on true

  real-life events, based on research facts, and not rooted in the fiction narrative

•  A literary work in which special focus is given to the expression of feelings and ideas along with the use of distinctive style, rhythm, and rhyme

• A literary work where the narrative has many conflicts, is high stakes, & characters are driven by human emotions to get something accomplished

How would you classify POETRY genre?

• A literary work that is not real and made up.

• A literary work based on true

  real-life events, based on research facts, and not rooted in the fiction narrative

•  A literary work in which special focus is given to the expression of feelings and ideas along with the use of distinctive style, rhythm, and rhyme

• A literary work where the narrative has many conflicts, is high stakes, & characters are driven by human emotions to get something accomplished

How would you classify DRAMA genre?

• A literary work that is not real and made up.

• A literary work based on true

  real-life events, based on research facts, and not rooted in the fiction narrative

• A literary work in which special focus is given to the expression of feelings and ideas along with the use of distinctive style, rhythm, and rhyme

• A literary work where the narrative has many conflicts, is high stakes, & characters are driven by human emotions to get something accomplished

Where would a work of literature, whose subgenre is Historical Fiction, belong under?

• It belongs under the FICTION genre.

• It belongs under the NON-FICTION genre.

• It belongs under the POETRY genre.

• It belongs under the DRAMA genre.