2- Main Categories of Genre:

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Fake
FICTION ●
Made-up events created from the
author’s imagination

NONFIC ●

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real
articles, essays, biographies, persuasive texts,
brochures, historical accounts, journals, manuals

TION
 Give an example of
fictional book or movie
that you read or watched.
 Alice in Wonderland
Star Wars
Avatar
Heneral Luna
Harry Potter Series
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Romeo and Juliet
Titanic
 What are the unique
characteristics of a fictional
story?
If you will be asked to write
something, what is your
preferred genre, fiction or
non-fiction?
FICTION
Ways how fictions can be formed:

• In writings, performances,
media programs, role plays
• In literary writings: short
stories, novella, novels,
drams
 In fiction-
• Events and circumstances
are invented by the writer
• There is creative invention
• Reality is not expected
 What is a fiction?

• Story that is mainly drawn

from the writer’s imagination
rather than using facts or valid
historical information
 In fiction-

• Subjects in the real world may

be utilized as bases for the
invention
TYPES OF FICTION
 4-TYPES OF FICTION
1.REALISTIC FICTION
2.HISTORICAL FICTION
3.SCIENCE FICTION
4.FOLKLORE
 1. REALISTIC FICTION
• Set in the present
• Human characters
• Plot could easily happen
 2.HISTORICAL FICTION

• Set in the past

• Characters are sometimes real
people from history
• Might involve real places or events
from history
Ex: Heneral Luna, Boy in Stripped
Pajamas (Dark Ages)
 3. SCIENCE FICTION

• Set in the future

• Setting is sometimes a utopia (perfect
society) or a dystopia (a society
characterized by misery)
• Might involve outer space, time
travel, or advanced technology
• Ex. Star Wars
 4. FANTASY

• Contains magical elements

• May include talking animals or
other mythical creatures
• Objects or people have super
powers
 ANOTHER FORM OF FICTION:
FOLKTALES
• a story set in the past that
has been passed down
from generation to
generation
 ANOTHER KIND OF FICTION:
FOLKTALES
Sub-categories of folktales:
1. fairytale,
2. tall tale,
3. legend,
4. myth,
5. fables
 ANOTHER KIND OF FICTION:
FOLKTALES
1. Fairytale
- takes place in a magical land
ruled by royalty
- the characters are either good
or evil
- Happy ending
 ANOTHER KIND OF FICTION:
FOLKTALES
2. Tall tale
- Unbelievable
exaggerations
- Told as if it were true
- Meant to be humurous
 ANOTHER KIND OF FICTION:
FOLKTALES
3. Legend
- Usually has some connection
to a real person or event
- Combines factual and fictional
events with exaggerations that
are not meant to be humorous
 ANOTHER KIND OF FICTION:
FOLKTALES
4. Myth
- Explains something about the
world such as frightening or
mysterious natural forces or
how something came to be
 ANOTHER KIND OF FICTION:
FOLKTALES
5. Fable
- Very short
- Teaches a moral lesson
- Characters are usually
personified by animals
FORMS OF FICTION
 FORMS OF FICTION:

1.Flash fiction
2.Short stories
3.Novella
4.Novels
 Purpose of fiction:

• To entertain and to
educate at the same
time
 Purpose of fiction:
• We read fiction not because it is
necessary but because we get a
certain kind of delight from
reading which you will not
experience in reading technical
write-ups.
 1. Flash fiction
• Also called short-short
• Contains limited amount of words
(250-1000)
• Like the usual type of story, has
protagonist (hero, lead role),
antagonist (opponent), conflict,
resolution
 2. Short stories
• Contain 2000 – 6000 words
• About 8-24 pages
• Limited time for the author to
explore possibilities of developing
the character and relationships
among the characters, plot, and
setting
 2. Short stories
• Writing can take time
• Read can be done in one
sitting
 3. Novella
• Stories that plays somewhere
between a short story and a novel
• Comprises of 50-100 pages and
provides a greater avenue for
character and theme development
 3. Novella
• Has the same structure as short
stories, but writer can move
backward in time to provide a
glimpse of the character’s past
• Has plot twist
 4. Novels
• No limit in lengths
• Have trilogies, tetralogies
• Ideal form in when dealing with
stories that involve more characters,
varied plots, and set-up
• More open-handed coverage of time
 4. Novels
• More writers start with their
“trial novels” before attempting
to write a full-blown novel.
 ACTIVITY

Envision your life after 20 years.

Make a forecast of yourself after
20 years. This can be about your
professional career, love life, or
family.
Accomplish the form below:
Forecasting My Future:

(TITLE)
“WANDERING IN WONDERLAND”
Write your thoughts about the quote below:

“ Life is not about finding

yourself,
Life is about creating
yourself.”
By George Bernard Shaw