Elements of Literature: GENRE Mrs. Bentheim, 6 th Grade Reading
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Elements of Literature: GENRE
Mrs. Bentheim, 6th Grade Reading
Non-Fiction
has facts that can be checked and proven
the author is an expert on this information
it IS TRUE
What are the main characteristics of each genre?
How will you recognize that genre?
What will you see in these types of books or stories?
What will you hear?
Non-Fiction Genres
Informational tells facts that can be looked-up or proven tells about real events characters have really lived may have maps, diagrams and illustrations to
explain the facts author is an expert on the subject
Biography
story of a real person's life written or told by
another person Classified in the Library according
to the subject of what the person did
Autobiography
also known as memoir story of a real person's life, written
or told bythat person.
found in the same place as thebiographies
Poetry page format may look different than other
books may have rhythm (beat) may rhyme imaginative and creative uses describing or exciting words tells a story in verse