Fiction Genres

A Library Skills Lesson

FICTION GENRES

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Fantasy

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Is known for havingliterary elements thatare not realistic. Forexample:

•Animals that cantalk

•Mythical beings

•Magic powers

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RealisticFantasy

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Is full of fantasyelements but readslike realistic fiction.Includes items likecharacters in schooldoing every daythings (but stillinvolving magic).

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HistoricalFiction

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Is known for beingpartially based on areal event in history.These novels cover aspecific period intime other than thepresent or future.

ActionAdventure

This genre involvesfast pacedadventures or quests.

Can involve thesupernatural but notrequired.

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Is any type of novelthat contains one ormore of the following:

•Solving a strangeevent or circumstance

•Discovering the truthbehind somethingunknown

•Solving a crime orwrongdoing

•Spies

Mystery

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Happens duringmodern times (whenit was written) andhas characters thatexperiences eventsthat really couldhappen

RealisticFiction

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Is usually set in spaceor on a differentworld. These novelsfrequently take placein the future in adifferent universe ordimension.

ScienceFiction

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A popular type ofscience fiction that isset in the future. Themain characters areyoung adults whorise against anoppressivegovernment.

DystopianFiction

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This large categoryconsists of oftenshort stories used toconvey life lessonsthrough charactersand events. Examplesinclude: Little RedRiding Hood, Zeus,and Paul Bunyan

TraditionalLiterature

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Uses rhyme, freeverse, meter, andother such literarydevices to tell a story.

Poetry books can bestand alone poemscombined into onebook or novels inverse where thepoems come togetherto tell a story.

Poetry

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Books about the livesof historical orcontemporaryfigures.

Biography-told bysomeone else(doesn’t normallyknow the person)

Autobiography-toldby the individual

Memoir-written bysome who knows theperson closely morelike diary

Biography,Autobiography,and Memoir

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Sometimes simplycalled non-fiction.These books give youfacts about a topicthat are true. In thenumbered section ofthe library.

Informational