Literary Genres
Literary Sub Genres
Main Idea
Plot
Plot - Conflict
100
Fiction, Non Fiction, Folk Tale, Drama, Poetry
What are the 5 Genres in Literature
100
Untrue stories that deals with science or technology
What is science Fiction
100
Juan loves to play games. His favorite game is chess because it requires a great deal of thought. Juan also likes to play less demanding board games that are based mostly on luck. He prefers Monopoly because it requires luck and skill. If he’s alone, Juan likes to play action video games as long as they aren’t too violent. ???????What is the Main Idea????????? ---------------------a. Juan dislikes violence. ----------------- b. Juan likes to think. ------------------------ c. Juan enjoys Monopoly. ----------------------- d. Juan enjoys playing games.
What is Juan enjoys playing games
100
The start of the story, the situation before the action starts
What is exposition (beginning)
100
Character VS Character ---------------- Character VS Nature ---------------------- Character VS Society -------------------------Character VS Self
What is Types of Plot Conflict
200
Stories that use characters, settings and plot to convey events that are not real
What is Fiction
200
Highly imaginative fiction that uses strange or unusual characters, setting or plot
What is What is Fantasy
200
Maria is watching too much television. A toddler shouldn’t be spending hours staring blankly at a screen. Worse yet, some of her wild behavior has been inspired by those awful cartoons she watches. We need to spend more time reading books with her and pull the plug on the TV! ??????????What is the main idea of this paragraph???????? ---------a. Watching a lot of television isn’t good for Maria. --------- b. Books are good. ---------- c. All cartoons are bad. ---------- d. Some cartoons are bad for Maria.
What is Watching a lot of television isn’t good for Maria.
200
The series of conflicts and crisis in the story the lead to the climax
What is rising action
200
It was not possibly believable. Not this. He had come through the plane crash, but the insects were not possible. He coughed them up, spat them out, sneezed them out, closed his eyes and kept brushing his face, slapping and crushing them by the dozens, by the hundreds. But as soon as he cleared a place, as soon as he killed them, more came, thick whining, buzzing masses of them. Mosquitoes and some small black flies he had never seen before. All biting and chewing on him. ------- The Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen ---------------------------------What kind of conflict is this?
What is Character VS. Nature
300
Writing that uses real people, settings and plots to convey actual events
What is Non Fiction
300
believable fiction that is set in the present
What is Realistic Fiction
300
Samantha, I can’t eat or sleep when you are gone. I need to hear your scratchy voice and see your lovely toothless smile. I miss that special way that you eat soup with your fingers. Please come home soon! ??????????What is the main idea of this paragraph????????? ------a. Samantha, you have bad manners. ------b. Samantha, you should see a dentist. ------c. Samantha, I miss you. ----- d. Samantha, I have lost my appetite.
What is Samantha, I miss you.
300
the turning point, the most intense moment - either mentally or in action
What is climax
300
The bad new is that this year Origami Yoda's up against the destructive force of Darth Paper, and can't seem to handle it. It has all gone wrong since the first day and now Darth Paper has pretty much destroyed all the good Origami Yoda did last year. ---------------------------------Darth Paper Strikes Back --- Tom Angleberger -
What is Character VS Character
400
An exaggerated story that has been shared over generations by word of mouth to convey a tradition
What is Folktale
400
Non fiction writing about a topic including books and newspaper or magazine articles
What is Informational
400
Someday we will all have robots that will be our personal servants. They will look and behave much like real humans. We will be able to talk to these mechanical helpers and they will be able to respond in kind. Amazingly, the robots of the future will be able to learn from experience. They will be smart, strong, and untiring workers whose only goal will be to make our lives easier. ?????????Which sentence from the paragraph expresses the main idea??????? --------a. Someday we will all have robots that will be our personal servants. ------------------------b. We will be able to talk to these mechanical helpers and they will be able to respond in kind. ---------------------------c. They will look and behave much like real humans. ---------------------------d. Amazingly, the robots of the future will be able to learn from experience.
What is Someday we will all have robots that will be our personal servants
400
all of the action which follows the climax
What is falling action
400
Branch Rickey believed in equality. but he knew there'd be problems with white players who didn't want to play with Jackie and with white players who didn't want to play against him. Some white fans and white umpires wouldn't welcome Jackie, either. Jackie's temper would be tested again and again. --- Rickey told Jackie that he was looking for a ball player with guts enough to NOT fight back. Jackie understood. All black people would be judged by how he behaved. If he lost control, it would hurt the chances of other black players hoping to join the majors. --------"Who Was Jackie Robinson? - by Gail Herman -----
What is Character VS Society
500
skits, musicals or plays that use language, song or dance to convey a message
What is Drama
500
nonfiction that is informational writing about real people
What is a Biography
500
Tap dancing started in America. It began as folk dancing that had much kicking and stamping. Over time two kinds of dancing developed. In one kind the dancers wore hard shoes and danced very fast. In the other they wore soft shoes and danced slowly and easily. There wasn't really any tap in tap dancing until 1925. That's when someone put metal pieces on the toes and heels of tap shoes. ???????????WHAT IS THE MAIN IDEA???????????? ---a) How are there 2 kinds of Tap Dancing ---------------------B) How tap shoes are made-----------------------------------C) Where some folk dances come from ----------------------D) How Tap Dancing developed
What is How Tap Dancing developed
500
the conclusion, the tying together of all of the threads
What is resolution
500
Anakin Skywalker’s internal struggle in “Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith” in which the young jedi must decide if he will serve the powers of good or turn to the Dark Side
What is Character VS Self
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