Genre Project
By: Laya Kappagantula
Adventure
Autobiography
An Autobiography is a book that is about a persons life and is written by that person it’s usually in first person ( I,me, I said)
Biography
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre about imaginary things or impossible things that can not happen. Some fantasy novels take place in different worlds. For example the Harry Potter series has wands, spells, and magical creatures. It even has a secret train, and the only way to get to it is to walk threw a wall.
Historical Fiction
Historical Fiction is when the story takes place in the past, and it has fictional characters or imaginative ideas in them.
Humor
In this genre, the main goal of this genre is to make the reader laugh. Often combined with other elements such as romance and action/adventure. Austin Powers and Men In Black are examples of humor.Humor is usually a work of fiction in which the writer seeks to amuse the reader, sometimes with subtlety and as part of a carefully woven narrative, sometimes above all other considerations. It could indeed be said that comedy fiction is literary work that aims primarily to provoke laughter, but this isn't always as obvious as it first may seem.
Memoir
Mystery
Realistic Fiction
Writing that reflects life as it could be lived today.
a realistic fiction story could happen to real people living in today’s natural physical world.Realistic fiction is a genre consisting of stories that could have actually occurred to people or animals in a believable setting. These stories resemble real life, and fictional characters within these stories react similarly to real people.
Romance (Love Stories)
Science Fiction
Thriller (Horror/Scary Stories)
Links Used:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/autobiography
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/autobiography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biography
://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/historical+fiction
http://www.findmeanauthor.com/comedy_fiction_genre.htm
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/memoir
http://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/memoir-vs-autobiography-2
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=Mystery+genre+definition&spell=1
http://www2.k12albemarle.org/dept/instruction/languagearts/Curriculum%20Appendices/AppendixF_GenreDef.pdf
http://www.goodreads.com/genres/romance
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/thriller