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