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a tragedy

a play

Types of Publications and Genres

Type of Publication

Genre

cookbook

novel

guidebook

check

short stories

autobiography

newspaper

comic book

play

textbook

encyclopedia

magazine

biography

Types of Publications

Types of Genres

fantasy

adventure story

mystery story

historical fiction

biography

thriller

tragedy

horror story

non-fiction

crime

claccic novels

science fiction

romance

Think of one real example of a play, a novel, a textbook, a magazine, and a newspaper.

Which publication would you read if you wanted to.....

autobiography

biography

dictionary

magazine

atlas

newspaper

non- fiction

grammar book

play

fiction

textbook

comic book

cook book

guidebook

manual

novel

short story

thesaurus

encyclopedia

Divide the list of publications into two groups.

Fiction or Non Fiction

Discuss

fantasy

adventure story

mystery story

historical fiction

biography

thriller

tragedy

horror story

non-fiction

crime

claccic novels

science fiction

romance

• Stephenie Meyer
• JK Rowling

• Jane Austen
• Arthur Conan Doyle
• Charles Dickens
• JRR Tolkien
• Lewis Carroll

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?

Discuss. Publication and Genre

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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.

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fantasy

adventure story

mystery story

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historical fiction

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biography

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thriller

tragedy

horror story

non-fiction

crime

claccic novels

science fiction

romance

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• 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....

• I think the best choice is...because...
• l would choose... because
• ...would be a good choice because...
• this book is worth reading because....

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

Ex. 4

This book written by the Russian author is among the longest of the 19th century European epics which is translated into almost every language of the world.

question 1

This dramatic play was written by the famous English poet in about 1594–96 which tells us about tragic love between two young people.

question 3

question 2

A very famous superhero appearing in American comic books called "The Amazaing Fantasy" published by Marvel in 1962.

question 4

This collection brings together many of the most famous short stories about the great fictional detective, which is written by the famous English writer Sir .Arthur Conan Doyle and published between 1887 and 1927.

Are you a bookworm? What do you know about world-famous publications?