Subgenres
Setting is present day and believable. Events and characters seem real, but are made up.
Meant to be performed and written in scenes and acts.
Drama/Play
Cinderella, Harry Potter and Percy Jackson
Characters
Characters
Fantasy
This type of story is realistic, but also has clues to solve.
Mystery
Written in stanzas and lines.
Poetry
In a dark, dark forest, on a dark, dark night...
Setting
The sequence of events in a story.
Plot
Peter Hatcher has to deal with his little brother Fudge, who is always causing trouble.
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Smaller, more specific categories of books.
Subgenre
In the beginning Nemo was lost, his dad goes to look for him with the help of Dory, and at the end Nemo is reunited with his father.
Plot
The message the author wants to share with the reader.
Theme
Margo lives on the planet Venus with all the other rocket people.
Science Fiction
The plot includes elements of science and technology.
Science Fiction
A way of organizing books.
Genre
The three little pigs run to safety in the house made of bricks and live happily ever after.
Resolution
The problem in the story.
Conflict
Matt is left in the Maine wilderness to protect his log cabin while his dad takes the wagon back to get his mother and sister.
Historical Fiction
Imaginative plot and setting. The events in this story could not happen. Includes magic.
Fantasy Fiction
Short ancient stories that where first told orally.
Folktales
Love, Hope, Friendship and Happiness
Theme
Where and when the story takes place. Time period, environment, mood and tone.
Setting
Theodore Boone has to solve Mrs. Duffy's murder!
Mystery