Middle School Literature Study

What’s in a Genre Anyway?

I thought there was only fiction and non-fiction?

Genres of Literature Fiction Genres

*Historical Fiction *Science Fiction *Romance *Mystery *Fantasy *Poetry

Non-Fiction Genres

*Auto-biography *Biography *Textbook *Encyclopedia *Research Articles *Histories

But, why does this matter to me?

1) More advanced high school classes and college classes will require the knowledge of different genres.

2) Each genre is written differently. Familiarity with all of them is essential to good reading comprehension.

3) Knowledge from several different genres will make full comprehension of text possible.

4) NC Dept. of Instruction mandates that all middle school students be able to, “Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style.”(Common Core Standard 5)

WHAT’S WITH FICTION?

(VOCABULARY)

Historical Fiction denouement.

Science Fiction Romance Mystery Fantasy Poetry - fiction that encompasses characters, events, or places from the distant past. Historical fiction usually has a true to life, where are they now - fiction based on imaginary scientific, technological, or societal advances which usually contains a positive.

– fiction that is centered around the love relationship of the main character usually containing positive denouement..

- fiction that contains a detective (whether professional or amateur) who solves one or more crimes. These stories contain denouement that give the who, what, where, and how to the crimes and are usually positive.

– fiction that contains magical, supernatural, or impossible elements in the story’s primary plot.

a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like with two levels of

meaning

, one stated and one unstated.

STORIES WE READ FROM EACH GENRE:

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Fiction

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Historical Fiction

–Edith Cavell by Herman Hagedorn

Science Fiction

-excerpt from “Journey to the Center of the Earth” by Jules Verne

Romance

-Eros and Psyche as told by

Mystery

-Hit and Run by John MacDonald

Fantasy

-A Grain as Big as A Hen’s Egg by Leo

Poetry

-The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadesworth Longfellow

STORIES WE READ FROM EACH GENRE:

Non-Fiction

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Auto-biography-

Keller “The Most Important Day” by Helen

Biography- “

The Attack” and “Castaways” excerpts from

Survive the Savage Seas

by Dougal Robertson Textbook- History of the World in a Christian Perspective by A Beka Books Encyclopedia- World Book Encyclopedia

Articles-

“What It’s Like When You Can’t Read” Us News and World Report Histories- The Bible