Genres
Genres
There are four main types of writing, called genres:
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama.
1. A fairy tale is
A.
B.
C.
D.
fiction
nonfiction
poetry
drama
2. The plot of a movie is
A.
B.
C.
D.
fiction
nonfiction
poetry
drama
Genres
There are four main types of writing, called genres:
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama.
3. A nursery rhyme is
A.
B.
C.
D.
fiction
nonfiction
poetry
drama
4. A biography is
A.
B.
C.
D.
fiction
nonfiction
poetry
drama
Genres
A text’s genre tells about the author’s purpose for writing.
Fiction is a story about something that did not happen in real life.
The characters and events in fiction are made up from the author’s imagination.
The purpose of fiction is to entertain the reader.
Examples include:
novels, mysteries, fairy tales, fables, myths, science fiction
Genres
A text’s genre tells about the author’s purpose for writing.
Nonfiction is text about something that did happen or is happening in real life.
Nonfiction contains facts—information about real people and events.
The purpose of nonfiction is usually to inform or persuade the reader.
Examples include:
newspaper and magazine articles, biographies, science and
social studies textbooks, journals and diaries, manuals
Genres
A text’s genre tells about the author’s purpose for writing.
Poetry is text written in lines and stanzas instead of sentences and paragraphs.
Many poems have rhythm and rhyme, but not all of them rhyme.
Poems can be very short or very long.
Poetry can be about any topic and can be sad, funny, historic, or even informative.
The purpose of poetry is often to express thoughts and feelings.
Genres
A text’s genre tells about the author’s purpose for writing.
Drama is text written to be performed, such as in a play, a movie, or on TV.
The purpose of drama is to entertain, move, and/or inform an audience.
Guided Practice with Genres
We spent the whole day swimming in the creek.
I hadn’t been that tired since I don’t know when.
But our vacation here lasts only a week,
So tomorrow we’ll be swimming again.
1. This selection is an example of
A.
fiction.
B.
nonfiction.
C.
poetry.
D.
drama.
Guided Practice with Genres
How to Grow
the Largest
Peaches in Texas
2. From reading the title, you can tell that this book is most likely
A.
fiction.
B.
nonfiction.
C.
poetry.
D.
drama.
Guided Practice with Genres
The Picnic of No Return
(The scene is the deck of a houseboat anchored in the middle of a lake. The
midday sun beats down. HANSEN and RIA are sitting at a picnic table.)
HANSEN: I don’t see any signs of the others yet.
RIA: I know. I thought they were supposed to be here at noon.
HANSEN: I wonder if they’re having trouble with the boat.
RIA: It’s frustrating that our cell phones won’t work out here.
3. This reading selection is from a
A.
drama.
B.
magazine article.
C.
poem.
D.
novel.
Guided Practice with Genres
Rhoda loved the cartoon Calvin and Hobbes, especially when Hobbes would
talk to Calvin but then act like a stuffed toy tiger when anyone else was around.
One day when Rhoda was walking past an empty lot, a little black puppy ran
up to her. She picked him up and took him home. She felt sure that her mother
would agree to keep the puppy until they could find its owner.
At home, Rhoda took the puppy into her bedroom. She was talking to him
and playing with him when her mother poked her head in the door. “Who are you
talking to in there?” she asked. Rhoda looked up. Then her mother said, “And
where did you get the stuffed toy puppy?” To Rhoda’s amazement, the black
puppy was gone, and a stuffed toy puppy was lying on her bed instead.
4. This selection is an example of
A.
drama.
B.
poetry.
C.
nonfiction.
D.
fiction.
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