What Are the Characteristics of Genres Flashcards

What do you know about genres? A genre is a particular style of writing, including poetry, drama, prose, and comedy. These are all recognized by shared library conventions, similarities in topic, theme, style, tropes, or everyday settings. Some can even be grouped into multiple genres. Read and study these flashcards for more about the characteristics of the genre and take this helpful quiz to see what you have learned.

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Fiction
A large category of stories that are made up and may or may not include some facts
Non-fiction
A large category of stories and articles that give facts and information
Fairytale
Fiction story that includes these characteristics: starts with "Once Upon A Time"; has an element of good versus evil; has royality, good usually wins
Fable
Fiction story that includes these characteristics: is usually shorter than other stories, has talking animal or other unrealistic characters, is meant to teach some kind of lesson/moral
Mystery
Fiction story = characteristics include: a crime of some sort, clues that lead to the person who did the crime, a detective or detective-like character, usually has solution at the end.
Tall tales
Fiction stories = characteristics include: bigger than life characters and events, explains how something came to be, usually not very long
Poems
Fiction writing = characteristics include: written in stanzas, used for entertainment, has ryhming words, uses descriptive language, often has a rhythm
Myth
Fiction story = characteristics include: made up and handed down by common people, explains natural happenings in nature in fantasical ways.
Autobiography
Nonfiction story = characteristics include: written by the person who the story is about, gives actual places and events in tme, has photographs, often has dialogue
Diaries/journals
Nonfiction = characteristics include: chronological order of real events, sketches or diagrams depicting places and people, written in first person
Newspaper story
Nonfiction = characteristics include: bylines, dates of events, answers who, what, when, where, how, and/or why something happened, is factual and generally short