Comparing And Contrasting Genres

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Similarities Certain aspects of literary elements are plausible

Book Selections *The Recess Queen by Alexis O'Neill *Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

Themes *growing up *family *school *adventure/survival *aging/death *diversity *mystery/suspense *humor

Book Selections *If You Decide To Go To The Moon by Faith McNulty & Steven Kellogg *Boy and Bot by Ame Dyckman & Dan Yaccarino

Similarities *moral challenges

Book Selections *Poppy by Avi *Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

Similarities *based on imagination *some actions must be identifiable and familiar

Comparing And Contrasting Genres

Realistic Fiction

Readers are drawn to the dilemmas the characters face because they can empathize and they are solved with realistic solutions.

Characters and plot are made up but challenges are ones that reader may encounter in real life.

Science Fiction

Author puts clues into text, inviting readers to make predictions about what may happen

Real scientific concepts are intertwined with aspects of improbability

Modern Fantasy

High Fantasy Situations occur in a secondary world

*mythical *gothic *epic/heroic *sword/sorcery

Low Fantasy Primary world with magical elements

*personified animals/toys *magical powers *embellished fairy tales *supernatural elements *time slips

Imaginative, magical, transformed world with events, settings, and creatures that do not exist in the real world.