FICTIONAL Genre Notes

GENRE• A category or group used to

sort or organize something.– Music– Books– Movies– Etc.

What is Fiction?FICTION is a story that is:

FROM IMAGINATIONFAKENOT REALMAKE BELIEVE

Features of Fiction

•Characters• Setting• Problem/solution•Beginning, Middle, and End•Drawings or cartoons

Historical FictionMost People Think…

But, it’s really all of this and much MORE!

Civil Rights Movement

The Holocaust

Vietnam War

Elements of Historical Fiction

• Fiction (has to be not true)• Based on historical events• Authentic (seems like it could be real)

settings• Characters seem realistic• Some characters may be actual people

from history, but the story is fictional• Artistic mix of fiction and historical fact

(has to be a balance, can’t be too much of one or the other)

Suggestions…Civil Rights Movement The Holocaust

WAR Disease/Epidemics

https://youtu.be/HoSAMiKzBzA

Realistic Fiction

• can be based on a real story• characters act & think like real

people• character tries to solve a problem• story could happen in real life• some events can be historically

accurate

https://youtu.be/uMyHs8GGV0c

Science Fiction

Made up of stories that blend fact and fiction with futuristic technology

& often in futuristic setting.

https://youtu.be/zJ-k-_FSMro

Dystopia Definition• An imaginary place or state in which

the condition of life is extremely bad, as from deprivation, oppression, or terror (Wikipedia).

Elements of DYSTOPIAN

• Told in the far future• Sameness of the society• Separation within the society (the haves and

the have nots)• Someone stands out among the society• Good guys aren’t as good as they seem• Humans (especially kids) are test subjects• Revolution• Post War (the world is totally messed up)

Why do we love reading something that is so sad and depressing?

Talk to your partner about the answer.

30 seconds!

Answers!!!!!!!• Give us a glimpse of how the world may be

in the distant future

• Allows us to think about how we’d survive dire situations (famine, plague, homelessness, etc)

• Makes us thankful that we live in a place that has order

• It is soooooo dramatic and action- packed

• Gives us hope

The Giver Movie Trailer!The Giver

• Often thought of as a

detective story

• Usually involves a mysterious death or a crime to be solved

Mystery

• Inference Gaps-Reader tries to solve the puzzle by connecting the info

• Suspense-Have to WAIT to see what happens.

• Foreshadowing-Clues left by the author as to possible outcomes

– Watch out for the Red Herring (False Conclusions!)

ELEMENTS of a MYSTERY

https://youtu.be/FxkkiDlToiU

Fantasy• Animal characters may act like

people• characters may have special

powers • characters may be imaginary

beings• setting may be in another time

(future)• good vs. evil conflict

Examples of Fantasy

https://youtu.be/S4CxMgsppEw

Fairy Tale• Once upon a time...and they lived

happily ever after. • Good character vs. Evil character • Royalty and/or a castle usually

present • Magic happens • Problem and a Solution • Things often happen in "threes" or "sevens"

Suggestions

https://youtu.be/xD5pcGp62ec

Action/Adventure• Always expect the worst - the main characters

have everything thrown at them.

• The entire read is a roller coaster ride of chills and excitement with the last stop (and page) not always ending in happiness.

• There must be a villain! Without one, there is no adventure or suspense.

SuggestionsSuggestions

https://youtu.be/F3R0aU3YYQs