Fiction Genres

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Genre

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A category or type or kind of literature (or of art, music, etc.) with specific traits and style.

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Mystery/Thriller

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A suspenseful story about a puzzling event that is (usually) not solved until the end of the story; abductions, missing people, crimes.

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Horror

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A type of thriller that is more fear-based, very suspenseful, violent, and might have blood/gore.

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Sports Fiction

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A book in which a sport directly influences the characters, an event/conflict, setting; athletic-y, competitive, tends to be male-dominated.

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Historical Fiction

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Fiction that involves a specific event in history. Contains historical facts, events, or people; some parts/characters will be made up; often war-based.

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Adventure/Survival

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Often involves character vs. man, nature, or self-conflict. Also may be a struggle for survival or reconnection with society; technical language (GPS, glacier, trawler-boat).

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Dystopian

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A bad place; takes place in the future/futuristic society that seems perfect, but really is not; suffering people, oppressive environment; government control; power struggles, corruption.

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Science Fiction

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Story based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes; outer space, planets, galaxies, aliens/droids.

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Fantasy

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A story that concerns an unreal world or unreal characters; a fantasy may be merely whimsical, or it may present a serious point; magic; portals.

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Realistic Fiction

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Made up but believable; could really have happened; feels real (doesn't have other traits like takes place in past/future, magic, etc.).