Unit 1 3 Literary Genres

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Unit 1 3 Literary Genres

• Essential Question
• How can I identify fictional writing?

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The 3 Literary Genres include

• Fiction - prose writing about (pretend)
  characters
• Non Fiction prose writing that is true. Real
  people, places, objects or events.
• Poetry prose writing that involves musical or
  figurative language

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Fiction

• Fiction has lesser genres such as
• Novel
• Short story
• Fable
• Folktale
• Tall tale
• Fantasy
• Science fiction

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Novel

• A fictional prose narrative of considerable
  length (long), typically having a plot and maybe
  even 2 themes.
• One example would be
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

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Short Story

• Short stories are brief, or short

The Greyling is a short story we will read
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Fable

• A brief story that has a moral, or a lesson to
  learn.
• The Three Little Pigs
• The Tortoise and the Hare

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Folktale

• Began being told oral a very long time ago
  (before there was paper)
• Passed down from generation to generation
• Anansi

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Tall Tale

• An improbable story (can not happen)
• Exaggeration
• Johnny Appleseed
• Pecos Bill

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Fantasy

• Oh Outter worlds (OZ)
• My Magic (Harry Potter)
• Gosh Good vs. evil
• (Harry Potter Voldemore)
• Hes Heroes (superman)
• So Super powers
• Fine Fantastic objects (wands,
• picksy dust)

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Science Fiction

• Stories that talk about science or technology.
• Can be in the future.
• The Monster Garden
• ET

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Non Fiction

• Lesson Essential Question
• How can I identify non fiction writing?

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Non Fiction

• Biography Diaries of Ann Frank
• Autobiography Water by Helen Keller

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Examples of Non Fiction

• Magazine Sports Illustrated
• Article a story in a periodical (newspaper)
• Newspaper The Chronicle
• Letter Dear Mrs. McGuire,

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• Lesson Essential Question

How can I identify poetry writing?
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Examples of Poetry Styles

• Lyric- Like words to a song
• Acrostic
• Narrative
• Concrete/shape

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Lyric Poetry
baby

• Think of your favorite song

baby
baby
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Acrostic

• E energic
• I independent
• L loving
• E engaging in conversation
• E eats chocolate
• N nice

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Narrative

• The first time I went to the beach I
  smelled the salty air. I breathed in and let the
  wind blow through my hair. The sand on my feet
  felt so warm. I wanted to stay until the next
  dawn.

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Concrete

• This poem looks like what ever the author is
  writing about.