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By Suzanne Pichon
Fiction
Poetry
Informational
Traditional Tales
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Made up stories that
take place in a
particular time period
It may contain some
actual historical facts.
Details about vehicles,
clothing, or food
preparation must fit the
time period.
The Witch of
Blackbird Pond
Realistic Fiction
Consists of stories that
take place in modern
times.
The characters are
involved in events that
could happen.
The characters are
often involved in
activities that hold our
interest.
Ramona and Her
Mother
Poetry is written in verse
written to evoke thought
or feeling from the reader.
It often uses rhythm and
rhyme.
Hyperboles, imagery,
similes, metaphors, and
personification are used
often.
Poems are written in
stanzas.
Examples are lyric, ballad,
haiku, limerick, diamante, &
cinquain.
Reference books give you quick information and
facts on topics of choice.
Examples are dictionaries, atlases, almanacs,
encyclopedias, and thesauruses.
Atlas: A book of graphs, maps, and tables that gives
geographic, physical, and population information about places in
the world.
Dictionary: a book of selected words arranged in ABC order
with explanations of their meanings, pronunciations, part of speech,
and other info.
Almanac: a collection of facts such as records and awards
that is published yearly. It also contains changes from each
year such as Presidents, rainfall, population etc.
Encyclopedia: a series of books arranged alphabetically giving
information on all branches of knowledge.
Thesaurus: A book containing a collection of synonyms and related
words.
Biographies: They consist of factual stories
about real people from the past and present.
•Bio= life graph= write
•An autobiography would be a story written
about one’s own life by yourself.
 Non-fictions books give you information on
facts about topics of choice.
 They can be found under the subtopics of natural
and physical science, social sciences, history, and
art.
 Examples could be books about the states,
dinosaurs, Indians, holiday customs, modern art.
•Folktale: is a story passed down by ‘word of
mouth.” Many times it has the “Once upon a
time” beginning. They usually tell a lesson.
•Tall Tale: Remember the 3’s H’s and the E:
Humor, Hero, Hardship, and Exaggeration. Ex:
Paul Bunyon or Pecos Bill.
•Myth: Usually contains gods and give explanat
behind natural phenomenon.
Legends:
A traditional story or collection of related
stories popularly regarded as true but actually containing
a mixture of fact and fiction. Many times it will contain
historical figures with fictional traits and situations.
Ex: King Arthur and Robin Hood
Fable: A brief story, usually with animal
characters, that states a moral or theme.
Ex: The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Fantasy stories contain animals that talk,
mythical creatures , and usually magic.
Two examples are Science Fiction and
High Fantasy.
High Fantasy
Realistic characters
often portrayed as
heroes.
Basic theme is good
verses evil.
Science Fiction
• Stress scientific laws
and inventions
• A conflict always exists
in the story that is added
by the inventions
• Often takes place in the
future.
Author’s Purpose
Author’s Purpose
Kinds of writings written for
this purpose
To entertain – to bring the reader enjoyment or
amusement.
Realistic stories
Fantasy stories
To inform: to explain or give information.
Biographies
Autobiographies
Non-fiction articles
Road signs
Lists
Newsletters
To give directions – to tell how to do something.
Non-fiction articles
Informational (how to books)
To persuade – to convince readers to do or believe
something
Advertisements
Letters to a newspaper editor
To express – to share personal feelings.
Poems
Personal narratives
To teach a lesson – to use a story to share a valuable
lesson
Folktale
Fables
Realistic fiction (at times)
Think of a story that you
have read that would fit
each purpose
To entertain – to bring the reader
enjoyment or amusement.
To inform: to explain or give
information.
To give directions – to tell how to do
something.
To persuade – to convince readers to
do or believe something
To express – to share personal
feelings.
To teach a lesson – to use a story to
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