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Genres of litureature
lesson 1
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English
7th Grade
09/13/2007

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Prose
Definition
the kind of writing that generally uses standard sentance and paragraph stucture
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Fiction
Definition
includes stories that are made up and writen in prose
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Genre
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Each catagory of writing is called a _____
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Novels
Definition
Longer more delvoloped stories
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Mystery
Definition
Stories in which charaters try to answer questions about secrets, with complex plots involving suspense and danger
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Fantasy
Definition
imaginative stories characters and sttings are different from those in the real world
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Science fiction
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a type of fantasy set in a future time or world scientific advances changed society in impotant ways
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Folktales
Definition
traditional stories reaveal the values and belifs of a culture
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Myths
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stories that explain natural events through the actions of god or mystical cretures
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Fables
Definition
stories that teach about human marals, often using animals with human qualities
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legends
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stories about the acts of great heros, usually preseting wars
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Epics
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long stories about a single hero often told in the form of poetry
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poetry
Definition
the most flexible of genres
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stanzas
Definition
the "paragraph" of the poem
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narrative poetry
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poetry that tells a story
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lyric poetry
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it is short and musical
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free verse
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poetry with no formal rhyme scheme or beat
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Haiku
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"5-7-5" ususally describes the poet's feelings about nature or seasons
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historical fiction
Definition
stories that take place during the past. historical times.
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