hello my name is Kylie and welcome to reading literary genre part 2 in part 1
of the video we've learned about the difference between fiction and
nonfiction writing and we're introduced to the first six types of fiction
writing in this video you'll learn about six more styles of literature you can
choose to read let's go
okay so there are many types of fiction reading in this video we'll look at
folktale fairy tale mystery historical fiction drama and poetry let me explain
what these types of writings are about these two types of genre are very
similar they both were stories told to entertain folk tales were stories people
told one another around a fire or at bedtime or at dinner I know it's hard to
believe but there was a time when there was no tablets laptops televisions or
radios fairytales are a specific kind of folk tale folk tales could tell the
story of a local person doing a good deed having a bad day or getting a
wonderful gift on their birthday fairy tales were a form of fantasy fiction and
usually had fantastic beasts fairies witches and other make-believe creatures
they often were meant to be scary and shocking there are many famous examples
of fairy tales you may have read about Cinderella The Little Mermaid or Jack
and the Beanstalk mysteries are stories that leave you in suspense and often ask
whodunit a mystery is usually all about some sort of crime and people who are
trying to solve it it can also be about a missing item or
even who planned a surprise party
mysteries are fun to read because as a story happens you can gather your own
clues and try to predict or discover who did what here are several mysteries you
may enjoy the mysteries of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle adapted
by Judith Conway chasing vermeer by blue balliett the Hardy Boys series by
Franklin W Dixon and the Nancy Drew series by Carolyn Keene
historical fiction takes us way back in time to a real historical event wait
what did I just say real yes but there's a catch
the event from history itself is real but most of the story the people and the
small events are made up confusing yeah it can be but let me help think about an
event from history let's say the American Revolutionary War in the late
1700s of course it was definitely a real war and had many famous historical
figures involved in it George Washington comes to mind an author who is writing a
historical fiction piece may start with the true event and build a story around
it let's say I take the George Washington's Crossing the Delaware River
with his troops a real event but I make up the story of Scott Townsley I made a
person who made the boat he crossed in I make up the boat maker an exciting story
to go with how he barely made the boat in time to help George Washington
crossed the Delaware River you see the story is partly true with real details
about George Washington the Revolutionary War and the Delaware River
but also has made up or fictitious parts like Scott the boat maker and his crazy
adventure making the boat a great story that shows this and happens to be about
the Revolutionary War is Phoebe the spy by Judith Barry Griffin other amazing
works of historical fiction are Around the World in eighty Days by Jules Verne
the call of the wild by Jack London and Heidi by Johanna Spyri here's an
interesting thing that happens with some stories some stories start out as
realistic fiction then end up being historical fiction because of the
passage of time remember the book Black Beauty we
mentioned earlier well when it was written in 1877 it was
considered realistic fiction it's now been over 140 years since it's been
written putting the setting in the past we now would consider it to be
historical fiction I wonder what books are being written
right now that will be around to be thought of as historical fiction in a
hundred years or more drama is a made-up story written to be performed on a stage
this is also called a play dramas can be any of the type of fiction we have
already discussed one thing that makes drama different from other genres is
that it includes directions for the actors and lists dialogue or words to be
spoken it looks very different from other types of writing take a look at a
sample from a play about a garden in the city poetry is a lot of fun to both read
and write from song lyrics to greeting cards poetry is part of our everyday
culture poetry is written in sections called verses these verses are made up
of lines each line is brief or short poetry uses colorful words and shows how
a person feels and thinks and dreams poems can rhyme or not they don't have
to some poetry can be very organized like a haiku or a sonnet these types of
poem have a set pattern and rules to how you write them other poems are called
free verse and they have no rules haikus are an example of a very
structured poem this means strict writing rules that
must be followed all haikus have 17 syllables and three lines the first line
having five syllables the second line having seven syllables and the third
line having five syllables again there are usually about nature but they also
don't have to be here's an example of a haiku
an ocean voyage when blue waves tickle my toes
the sea is my home here's an example of a free verse poem with no set rules to
follow the author just wrote what they felt and what came to their mind the end
of my sweet oh the pain my sadness is so much I no longer have that bumpy
ice-cream cone to touch I don't know how I'll get through the day the night the
next day I am suffering but wait that noise could it be the amazing sound of
the ice-cream man's truck okay nevermind I am cool woo oh the drama well now
we've covered many more types of fiction you can read and write which one is your
favorite oh one more thing if you really like to read a specific literary genre
why don't you try creating a piece of writing yourself if you're interested in
learning more about how to go about this you could watch our video series on the
writing process to practice what you've learned be sure to play our fun online
games and quizzes until next time remember to always be clever