hello my name is Kylie and welcome to literary genres fiction part 1 did you
know there are over 12 different types of writing in this video you'll learn
about the first six styles of literature that you can choose to read are you
ready let's go before we talk about what fiction is really all about let's learn
how to correctly pronounce the word genre is it ji Maura
genrih genre it can be a little tricky it is actually pronounced genre it may
seem a little odd but it is pronounced this way because it comes from the
French word spelled and pronounced the same way
genre in French it means style or type of something so instead of asking what
type of book are you reading you could ask what genre is the book you are
reading pretty fancy huh you may already know that the things you read can be
grouped into two main categories things that are true or factual and things that
are made up in someone's imagination one way to remember which is which is to
think that since fiction is made up non-fiction is not made up the non in
the word can remind you of the word not some people also like to think of the
word that fiction comes from fictitious fictitious means not real not true made
up in one's mind so to be clear fiction is made up and nonfiction is made up of
facts and claims to be true there are many types of both fiction and
nonfiction more types get it more types typewriter typing
I know I know but we can classify types of things we read into more categories
than just fiction and nonfiction in this video we will concentrate on fiction to
learn more about nonfiction check out our video literary genres nonfiction
again let's just focus on types of fiction in this video there are several
interesting types of fiction reading there's realistic fiction fantasy
fiction science fiction tall tale myth fable folktale fairy tale mystery
historical fiction drama and poetry
let's learn a little bit more about each of the first six and then when you're
ready for more make sure to watch part two of this video series okay so
realistic fiction is one of the most common types of fiction written the
story is made up but everything in the story could actually happen so in
realistic fiction there are no flying lizard monkeys or talking animals what
makes this type of fiction so popular is that it is easier for us the readers to
imagine the story by putting ourself into the plot the plot is the action or
what happens in the story so if you're thinking of writing a story about a boy
or a girl just like you or a person who would be writing realistic fiction if
you'd like to read something from this genre Ivy takes care by Rosemary wells
and baseball in April and other stories by Gary Soto and black beauty by Anna
Sewell and all of those are really great reads both fantasy fiction and science
fiction are a lot alike there are both entirely made of fake or
made-up places things and beings that are not part of our
real-world fantasy fiction often has people animals or creatures that have
magical powers science fiction may also have made-up
creatures but these stories can happen in the past or future and often have
machines or robots or technology that hasn't been invented yet there are so
many great examples of fantasy and science fiction stories many of these
stories are made into great movies but the books seem to always be better these
stories are often written in series meaning the author has written more than
one book following the same characters and events evolving the story or the
plot a very popular fantasy fiction series is of course the series The
Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis others include the jungle book by Rudyard
Kipling The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by l frank Baum if you like stories about
amazing inventions and crazy science laboratories you may like the science
fiction book Danny done and the antigravity paint by Jay Williams tall
tales are some of the funniest and entertaining stories to read aloud with
friends tall tales are humorous or funny stories that have the main character do
superhuman amazing impossible things imagine being able to pick up your
entire house cry so much your tears make a river or laugh so hard you can cause
an earthquake most cultures from around the world have their own tall tales some
famous American tall tales are the tale of Paul Bunyan and the tale of pecos
bill myths are traditional stories that were originally told aloud to explain a
cultures belief these stories often had gods goddesses and mythical beings in
them mythical beings are made up and don't exist in the real world that we know of
yet do you notice there are a lot of dragons
unicorns and trolls on products today well they all got their start as
characters in ancient myths some of these characters were talked about in
myths thousands and thousands of years ago and yet we are still talking about
them today talk about having staying power Roman and Greek myths are often
read and talked about today some of the characters in these myths are ones that
you may have already heard of Zeus Hercules the Minotaur or Athena fables
or stories told by people to teach lessons to younger people and often have
a lot of talking animals in them they were originally only told allowed and
not written down over the years when books became more available people wrote
them down so they could be read over and over again Aesop was a famous
storyteller in ancient Greece he told a lot of stories designed to teach young
people life lessons called morals it can be fun to figure out the moral of a
fable today you can check out books filled with these fables many times the
fables were told without telling what the lesson really was can you tell what
Aesop's lesson is in this famous fable the Fox and the crow you see the Fox
really wants a piece of cheese the crow is eating so he tells the crow handsome
and how smart he is then the Fox tells the crow he doesn't believe the crow has
the best song in the forest as everyone claims the crow decides to sing to show
the Fox he does have the best voice but he opens his beak to sing the cheese
drops into the hungry fox's mouth so what do you think the crow learned
the crow learn that you shouldn't worry about what other people think and try to
prove you are good at something doing so the crow lost his tasty cheese I bet he
learned his lesson now we've covered the first six types of fiction that you can
read and write which one is your favorite
do you like any of the titles mentioned in this video you can check them out at
your local library and for even more types of fiction writing make sure to
watch part 2 of this video series if you are interested in books and writing that
is true or factual information watch our video literary genre nonfiction to
practice what you've learned be sure to play our fun online games and quizzes
until next time always remember to be clever