Welcome to

Introduction to Literary Genres

Conventions of
Traditional Genres

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BUZZ SESSION. Group the class into

five. Ask the students what are the stories
that they encounter when they were in
their Junior High School Years. In 5
minutes, let them write in a ½ manila
LiteraryGenres
paper as many titles they can still recall.
Call on representative for each group to
choose one title. Ask him to share and
present their output in 2 minutes. Let him
say something about their chosen titles by
using the hashtag symbol.
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Your Buzz Session.

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Conventions
of Traditional
Genres
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LITERATURE-DEFINITION

• Books or other writing

• Consists of written
productions, often
restricted to those
deemed to have artistic
or intellectual values.
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Literary Genre-Definition

- Is a type or category
of literature
- Fancy way of saying
type of literature

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MAIN LITERARY GENRES

DRAMA

FICTION

NONFICTION

POETRY 7
DRAMA
A play for
theater told by
character
dialogue
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FICTION
A story that
did not
actually
happen in
real life
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NONFICTION
Can you think
of another way
to show that?

Writing that is
real and
factual or that
actually
happened . 10
 POETRY
Here’s my strategy
for getting more
points…

Writing using
language and
sounds in special
ways to express
ideas
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SUBGENRES OF DRAMA

Comedy –a funny or
humurous, drama
with a happy ending

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SUBGENRES OF DRAMA

Tragedy – a sad
drama with a sad
ending.

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SUBGENRES OF FICTION

Fantasy – a story
in a fantasy world

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SUBGENRES OF FICTION

Folklore – old cultural

stories (includes fairy
tales, fables, myths,
legends and tall tales)
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SUBGENRES OF FICTION

Historical Fiction – a
fiction story based on
real history

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SUBGENRES OF FICTION

Mystery – a story
about crime

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SUBGENRES OF FICTION

Realistic Fiction – a
story that seems
real but isn’t real

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SUBGENRES OF FICTION

Romance- a love
story

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SUBGENRES OF FICTION

Science Fiction – a
story in the future
with advance
technology

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SUBGENRES OF FICTION

Thriller
or
Suspense
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SUBGENRES OF NON-FICTION

Biography
Autobiography
Narrative
Nonfiction
Periodical 22
SUBGENRES OF NON-FICTION

Reference
Materials

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SUBGENRES OF POETRY

Lyric
Narrative
Dramatic
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