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A genre in which syntax is used to create specific effects, such as pattern of rhyme or meter.

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Poetry

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What are four types of poems?

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Haiku
Ciniquian
Limerick
Narrative Poem

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Define genre

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A type or class of literary work

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Define sub-genre

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A more specific type of class of literary work.

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The two major genres in children’s literature is:

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Poems

Prose

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A genre in which syntax is used to convey a literal meaning rather than patterns of rhyme or meter.

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Prose

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What are the 2 major genres of prose

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Fiction

Non-Fiction

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What are the two major sub-genres of fiction?

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Realism

Fantasy

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What are 3 sub-genres of realism?

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Realistic Stories
Animal Realism
Historical Realism

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Portrays animals exactly as they appear and behave in our lives and in the natural world with no attempt at human characteristics.

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Animal Realism Sub-Genre

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Portrays lives, ways of life or events that are not and never have been possible (at least at the time the work was written).

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Fantasy Genre

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Often include realistic elements, but will present supernatural characters or animals with abilities.

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Fantasy Stories Sub-Genre

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Encompasses literary works that have origins in oral tradition.

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Folk Literature Sub-Genre

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What are 5 types of Folk Literature Sub-Genres?

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Folk Tales
Fairy Tales
Fables
Myths
Legends
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Define Myth

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Folk tales created to explain why the world has come to be the way it is. Often have supernatural elements.

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What are 2 types of Non-Fiction Sub-Genre?

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Information books

Biography

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What are 2 examples of information books?

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Encyclopedia

Atlas

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What are 4 types of Biography?

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Autobiography
Fictional Biography
Authentic Biography
Biographical Fiction

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What are 2 types of Authentic Biography and what do they mean?

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  1. Partial Biography: A specific event in a limited period of a person’s life is described.
  2. Complete Biography: Gives us a partial or complete biography of a group of people which emphasizes the impact of their activities as a group.
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Tells us about events or the lives of people from the past, but does so through the perspective of invented characters.

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Biographical Fiction Sub-Genre

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The events of a person’s life as written by that person him/herself.

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Autobiography Sub-Genre

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What are Narrative Poems?

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Longer poems which tell a story.

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Define Fiction as a Sub-Genre

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Fiction presents information that is imagined by the author. Some factual information may be present

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