Examples of Fiction Genres

• Historical Fiction

• Science Fiction

• Realistic Fiction

• Fantasy

• Drama

• Novel

• Short story

Science Fiction

A story that uses fictional (made-up) characters, and is often set in the future.

It can use elements of science and technology. (Think of robots, space, and futuristic technology).

Fantasy

A story that includes events that could NEVER happen in real life.

It may include characters that could not really exist.

It may have magic and talking animals.

Poetry

Verse written to create a response of thought and feeling in the reader.

It often uses rhyme and rhythm (but it does not have to include those elements).

Biography (Non-Fiction)

The story of a real person's life written by another person.

*Remember bio=life and graph=write

COMPARISON

​Compare – finding how two or more things are alike. There are clue words that tell you how things are alike; same, like, both, alike, still, likewise, in the same way, in comparison, at the same time, in the same manner, similar, etc.

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Example:

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Erlend dyed her hair similar to mine.

​CONTRAST

Contrast – finding how things are different. There are clue words that tell you how things are different; but, unlike, different, however, on the other hand, but, yet, nevertheless, rather, on the contrary, nonetheless and whereas.

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​Example:

​I was angry, but I was reluctant to fight, since I did not know what really happened

​How your response should look:

In ________ and _______, both say ______________ . However, (text 1) says __________________ . In contrast, ________ (text 2) says ________________________ . For example, the author in text (1 or 2) says ___________________________. What this shows is ___________________ .