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FICTIONAL Genre Notes

FICTIONAL Genre Notes. GENRE. A category or group used to sort or organize something. Music Books Movies Etc. What is Fiction?. FICTION is a story that is: FROM IMAGINATION FAKE NOT REAL MAKE BELIEVE. Features of Fiction. Characters Setting Problem/solution

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FICTIONAL Genre Notes

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  1. FICTIONAL Genre Notes

  2. GENRE • A category or group used to sort or organize something. • Music • Books • Movies • Etc.

  3. What is Fiction? FICTION is a story that is: FROM IMAGINATION FAKE NOT REAL MAKE BELIEVE

  4. Features of Fiction • Characters • Setting • Problem/solution • Beginning, Middle, and End

  5. Most People Think… Historical Fiction

  6. But, it’s really all of this and much MORE! Civil Rights Movement The Holocaust Vietnam War

  7. Elements of Historical Fiction • Fiction (has to be not true) • Based on historical events • Authentic (seems like it could be real) • Some characters may be actual people from history, but the story is fictional • Artistic mix of fiction and historical fact (has to be a balance, can’t be too much of one or the other)

  8. Suggestions… Civil Rights Movement The Holocaust WAR “Code Talker” Disease/Epidemics https://youtu.be/HoSAMiKzBzA

  9. Realistic Fiction • can be based on a real story • characters act & think like real people • story could happen in real life • some events can be historically accurate

  10. https://youtu.be/uMyHs8GGV0c

  11. Science Fiction Made up of stories that blend fact and fiction with futuristic technology & often in futuristic setting.

  12. https://youtu.be/pXrMAFGWyuE

  13. Dystopia Definition • An imaginary place or state in which the condition of life is extremely bad, as from deprivation, oppression, or terror (Wikipedia).

  14. Elements of DYSTOPIAN • Told in the far future • Sameness of the society • Separation within the society (the haves and the have nots) • Someone stands out among the society • Good guys aren’t as good as they seem • Humans (especially kids) are test subjects • Revolution • Post War (the world is totally messed up)

  15. Why do we love reading something that is so sad and depressing? Talk to your partner about the answer. 30 seconds!

  16. Answers!!!!!!! • Give us a glimpse of how the world may be in the distant future • Allows us to think about how we’d survive dire situations (famine, plague, homelessness, etc) • Makes us thankful that we live in a place that has order • It is soooooo dramatic and action- packed • Gives us hope

  17. The Giver Movie Trailer! https://youtu.be/iJNNugNe0Wo

  18. Mystery • Often thought of as a detective story • Usually involves a mysterious death or a crime to be solved

  19. ELEMENTS of a MYSTERY • Inference Gaps-Reader tries to solve the puzzle by connecting the info • Suspense-Have to WAIT to see what happens. • Foreshadowing-Clues left by the author as to possible outcomes • Watch out for the Red Herring (False Conclusions!)

  20. https://youtu.be/FxkkiDlToiU

  21. Fantasy • Animal characters may act like people • characters may have special powers or be imaginary beings • setting may be in another time (future) • good vs. evil conflict

  22. Examples of Fantasy https://youtu.be/S4CxMgsppEw

  23. Fairy Tale • Once upon a time...and they lived happily ever after. • Good charactervs. Evil character • Royalty and/or a castle • Magic • Problem and a Solution • Things often happen in "threes" or "sevens"

  24. Suggestions https://youtu.be/LMx-f3IG6Qk

  25. Action/Adventure • Always expect the worst - the main charactershave everything thrown at them. • The entire read is a roller coaster ride of chills and excitement with the last stop not always ending in happiness. • There must be a villain! Without one, there is no adventure or suspense.

  26. Suggestions https://youtu.be/F3R0aU3YYQs

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