Writing Stories: What type of story? Genre Stories come in different types or genres. Different genres include: spy, romance, ghost, adventure, sports and many more. You can often know the genre from the title of the story. Complete this table with the titles below. Some titles cross two or more genres. Genre
Typical Title
Romance
Spy
Ghost
Adventure
Fairy Tale
Comedy
The Lost Treasure * Dangerous Love * Casper the Friendly Ghost * Honey, I Shrunk the Kids * Cinderella * Treasure Island * Sleeping Beauty * Harry Potter * The Pirates of the Caribbean * When a Man Loves a Woman * Mr Bean * The Secret Agent The Lost Treasure * My Best Friend始s Wedding * Titanic * Gone with the WInd * Spy Kids * The Princess & the Pea * The Wrong Trousers * Horrid Henry 1. Write down a typical feature of each genre. For example a romance often has a rich, handsome man and a poor, beautiful girl. 2. Think about the last three stories you read. Write down a) the titles b) the genres 3. Genres divide into sub-genres - e.g Romantic Comedy. Look at your titles again. Can you identify the sub-genres?
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