Genre posters
This series of eye-catching posters has been designed to help raise awareness of the main features of different genres.
Pupils may not always have read or analysed a wide range of genres, and Writer's Craft tasks where they are asked to continue in the style of a given genre may prove difficult. The posters can be used alone or in conjunction with appropriate extracts to draw attention to elements such as setting, characterisation, plot and style. They may also help pupils to broaden their reading preferences.
Each poster contains a description of the traits of a specific genre, all of which are helpfully coded to indicate whether it relates to the plot, characters, setting or other (this may include style and tone). The posters can be downloaded and printed for use in classrooms, and librarians may find them to be a useful tool.
A4 posters
The following posters can be downloaded in A4 size (click on the thumbnail image to open).
Adventure (A4)
Detective crime (A4)
Fairy tale (A4)
Family drama (A4)
Horror (A4)
Romance (A4)
Science fiction (A4)
War (A4)
Whodunit crime (A4)
Printing advice
For the best results when printing these posters please ensure that the Page Setup is set to 'landscape'. To do this select the File menu, then Page Set-up and check the landscape button (instead of portrait). Click ok and then print.
A3 posters
The following posters are available to download in A3 size (click on the thumbnail image to open):
Adventure (A3)
Detective crime (A3)
Fairy tale (A3)
Family drama (A3)
Horror (A3)
Romance (A3)
Science fiction (A3)
War (A3)
Whodunit crime (A3)
Copyright
These posters are the copyright of Learning and Teaching Scotland and are provided as a royalty-free educational resource for educational use in Scotland. By downloading an image you are agreeing to be bound by the terms of this licence.
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