GENRES

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GENRES

• Categories or
• types of literature

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MYSTERY

• Problem situation
• Clues
• Detectives
• Wrong Doers
• Solution

• Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett

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HISTORICAL

• Authentic recreation of another time and place in
  the past.

• Here Today
• by Ann M. Martin

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SCIENCE FICTION

• Authentic recreation of another time and place
  usually in the future.

• The Time Hackers
• By Gary Paulsen

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ADVENTURE

• Fast Action
• Suspense
• Risk

• Children of the Lamp
• By P.B. Kerr

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HORROR

• Realistic setting
• Evil characters
• Sinister plots

• Cirque Du Freak
• By Darrne Shan

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HUMOROUS

• Usually realistic setting
• Funny characters or plot

• Miss Daisy is Crazy!
• By Dan Gutman

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FANTASY

• Combination of realistic and magical
• Usually good wins in the end

• The Lost Years of Merlin
• By T.A. Barron

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REALISTIC

• Highly believable
• Present day or recent past
• People or animals

• The Holiday Concert
• By Andrew Clements

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FOLK LORE

• Simple characters
• Often all good or all evil

• Bound
• By Donna Jo Napoli

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POETRY

• Conveys an idea through carefully selected words
  or phrases

• Locomotion
• By Jacqueline Woodson

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BIOGRAPHY

• A story of a persons life written by another
  person

• Biography Today

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AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL

• A story of a persons life written by the person.

• GUTS
• By Gary Paulsen

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INFORMATIONAL

• Facts
• Up-to-date knowledge about the real world

• Dallas Morning News