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On to the next QuestionPlays with word sounds, rhymes, and phrasesMysteryFantasyScience FictionHistorical FictionPoetryFolktale

Youll get it next timeTry AgainMove OnMuchMoreIPromiseIncludes scientific factsMysteryFantasyScience FictionHistorical FictionPoetryFolktaleToday we are going to focus on some of the different types of fiction.

What is a Mystery?Has a realistic setting

All characters are involved in the problem or puzzle

Has clues throughout the story (foreshadowing)

Has a sequential orders

Story includes distractions (Red Herrings)

Has a realistic solution

MysteryWhat are the characteristics of a Fantasy?The major events could not happen

Takes place in current time

Realistic setting

The problem is solved using magic or impossible strategies

Example of a FantasyScience FictionThe major events are believable

Includes scientific facts

Takes place now or in the near future

Characters solve a problem using science

Example of Science FictionHistorical FictionThe setting is a real time or place in the past

Contains real historical events mixed with fictional events

Vividly describes people, places, & events

Follows a plot line

Fictional and/or real characters, but all seem real

Example of Historical FictionHow are things going so far?GOOD?BAD?Do you need to review?Click here toReviewOr click the arrow to move on36FolktaleTells an interesting story

Tell how people act

Teach values & cultural beliefs

Encourage imagination

Can be told orally

Includes fairy tales, myths, legends, & tall tales

FolktalePoetryShortened ideas that tell a story (Narrative) or reveal feelings (Lyric)

Uses words to create a picture

Plays with word sounds, rhymes, and phrases

PoetryNAME THAT GENREThe problem is solved using magic or impossible strategiesMysteryFantasyScience FictionHistorical FictionPoetryFolktale