This document defines genre as a category of literary works, dividing genres into fiction and nonfiction. It provides examples of fiction genres such as adventure, mystery, fantasy, thriller, and science fiction, describing adventure as dominated by action and risk, fantasy as including unrealistic elements like magic, mystery as centered around a crime or puzzle, thriller as involving suspense and danger set in modern times, science fiction as set in the future or space, and horror as revolving around suspense and emphasizing danger. The document encourages testing one's understanding of genres.

1. What
is
genre?
Get out your pencil and genre
handout and keep the whiteboard
and markers nearby.

2. Genre
• A category of literary works
Fiction Nonfiction
Books
Adventure Mystery Fantasy Thriller

3. -dominated by action
-Involves risk and
excitement

4. -contains elements that
are not realistic, such
as talking animals and
magic

5. -centered around a
historical situation or
set in a historical period

6. -novel involving a crime,
investigation, a puzzle
or strange event

7. -takes place in modern
times and includes
events that could
happen

8. -story about science and
technology of the future
-Set in space, the future
or different world

9. -revolves around
suspense
-emphasizes danger
-often includes horror
and action books

10. Let’s test your
understanding.