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In the written world
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Types of Publications and Genres
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a play
Type of Publication
a tragedy
Genre
Types of Publications
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short stories
encyclopedia
magazine
comic book
newspaper
textbook
autobiography
play
guidebook
novel
cookbook
biography
Types of Genres
romance
thriller
science fiction
biography
claccic novels
crime
historical fiction
non-fiction
mystery story
horror story
adventure story
tragedy
fantasy
Discuss
Fiction or Non Fiction
Divide the list of publications into two groups.
Which publication would you read if you wanted to.....
non- fiction
fiction
atlas
manual
cook book
short story
novel
thesaurus
guidebook
comic book
encyclopedia
autobiography
newspaper
dictionary
play
Think of one real example of a play, a novel, a textbook, a magazine, and a newspaper.
magazine
biography
textbook
grammar book
Discuss. Publication and Genre
Match the books with five of the authors below. Do you know any other books by these authors?
Do you recognize any of these characters? What books are they from?
- Stephenie Meyer
- JK Rowling
- Jane Austen
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- Charles Dickens
- JRR Tolkien
- Lewis Carroll
romance
thriller
science fiction
biography
claccic novels
crime
historical fiction
non-fiction
mystery story
horror story
adventure story
tragedy
fantasy
I spend hours + gerund
I enjoy biographies because I find it interesting to read about other people's lives and experiences, I'm not so keen on science-fiction books as I find them boring and unrealistic.
romance
I can`t stand + gerund
thriller
science fiction
I hate + gerund or inf.
biography
claccic novels
I adore/love/like + gerund or inf.
crime
I am keen on + gerund
historical fiction
I am a big fan of +gerund
non-fiction
I prefer + gerund or inf.
mystery story
horror story
I am wild about + gerund
adventure story
tragedy
fantasy
Ex. 4
Look at the pictures. You are at the bookstore and soon is your friend`s birthday. Choose the book you think is the most suitable and I justify your decision. Explain why you rejected the other ones using vocabulary from previous exercises
- I think the best choice is...because...
- l would choose... because
- ...would be a good choice because...
- this book is worth reading because....
- I don't think... would be a good idea because...
- I don`t really like such type of book as...because...
- I don't think I'd buy... because it's....