Fiction Text Types

• There are different types of fiction texts, the main types are: prose, poetry, drama.
• Fiction texts have a creative element to them and tend to use literary devices.
• Within each type of fiction, there are different genres.
• There are different genres of prose fiction: science fiction (or sci-fi), historical fiction, romance fiction, Bildungsroman.
• Science fiction is a genre of prose fiction that mostly relies upon the writer’s imagination.
• A science fiction text could be about scientific changes in a future world that the writer has made up.
• Science fiction writers like Aldous Huxley and Philip K Dick, created dystopian futures in their prose fiction.
• Some prose fiction is based on real events - an example of this would be a historical fiction novel.
• The writer uses historical research to create a story rather than using their own life experiences, but they also use their imagination to make the story come alive.
• A novel is a prose fiction text.
• Poems are often fictional, but prose uses continuous writing and full sentences.
• Science fiction is a type of prose fiction.
• The word ‘novel’ comes from Latin and Italian origin meaning ‘new’.
• Novels first became popular in the 18th Century.
• A novella usually follows one plot line.
• Novels typically include subplots.
• Novels are usually divided into chapters.
• Historical fiction focuses on using real events and people from the past.
• A short story is usually several thousand words in length.