Five Feet Apart
Literary Genres
POV
Authors Purpose
Folklore
100

How Abby died? 

Cliff Diving

100

solution of a crime or unraveling of secrets

Mystery

100

the pronouns you, your and yours a

Second Person

100

explains something

inform/explain

100

stories once passed down orally

Folklore

200

Question Will Blurts out

“Abby is dead, isn’t she?” 

200

life story written by oneself

non-fiction Autobiograhy

200

I almost cried when I forgot the lines to my speech for the treasurer of our student council.

First Person

200

tries to influence the reader

persuade

200

short story with personified animals and a moral

fable

300

Abby's third gift to Stella?

Poe introduction

300

set in the past & based on real people and/or events

Historical Fiction

300

narrator gives only details of story

Third person objective

300

Has magic, royalty and a good vs. evil element

Fairy Tale - Entertain

300

main characters skills/size/strength is greatly exaggerated; set in American frontier

Tall Tale

400

Will song to Stella

I love you, a bushel and a peck!

400

has no elements of fantasy; could be true but isn’t

Realistic Fiction

400

all-knowing thoughts and feelings of two or more chatacters

Third-Person Omniscient

400

A history textbook

inform /explain

400

has gods/goddesses & usually accounts for the creation of something

Myth

500

Will and Stella touch the first time 

pinky promise 

500

has monsters, magic or characters with superpowers

Fantasy

500

thoughts of a single character.

Third-Person Limited

500

Poetry

Entertain

500

based on a real person and/or place & facts are stretched beyond nonfiction

Legend

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