Genre
A text based on truth and facts with proof.
Stories most often used in science and technology of the future.
What is Science Fiction?
A text that contains facts and information; also known as expository.
What is an Informational Text?
A children's story about a magical place that usually has a positive ending.
What is a Fairy Tale?
Give an example of a Fairy Tale.
Ex. Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast.
Stories from an author's imaginaton.
What is Fiction?
A made-up story that could happen in real life.
What is Realistic Fiction?
A true account of someone's life written by someone else.
What is Biography?
A true account of someone's life written by that person.
What is an Autobiography?
Give an example of a fantasy.
A story written to be performed on stage; primarily through dialogue.
What is Drama?
A short story, usually with talking animals, and contains a moral.
A true document from the past that showed how people lived or what events occurred; includes government documents.
What is Historical Document?
A story devised by an ancient culture to explain a natural phenomenon.
What is Myth?
Give an example of a legend.
Ex: Big Foot, Loch Ness Monster, Robin Hood.
A patterned form of writing that usually contains rhyme and rhythm
What is Poetry?
A story about a person, place, or event, usually with elements of truth that are exaggerated.
What is a Legend?
A piece of writing that communicates the writer's perspective on a subject in an organized way; mostly used by students in academic settings.
Someone shares their opinion about something like a movie, song, restaurant, or video game. The writer gives a summary of what they liked or didn't like, and supports their opinion with specific reasonings.
What is a Review?
Give an example of a Myth.
Ex: Gods/Goddesses, Thor's Hammer, Norse, The Flood
Visual communication in print, like websites, billboards, and sign language, as well as nonprint, such as braille, movies, and commercials. It communicates both factual and fictional information.
What is Multimodal Communication?
Stories that cannot occur in the real world and usually involve magic or fantastical characters like talking animals.
What is Fantasy?
A true account of someone's life written by that person. It focuses on one specific event in their lifetime in order to tell a specific story.
What is a Memoir?
A story much shorter than a novel, but still contains literary elements.
What is a Short Story?
Give an example of a famous drama.
Ex: Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, the Crucible, Macbeth.