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Essential Literary Genres

Essential Literary Genres invites readers to analyze elements and characteristics common in genres. Each book in the series features four analysis papers that consider a book's genre. The analysis papers each consider a different critical lens, writing technique, or aspect of the genre while walking readers through the process of constructing analysis papers. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

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  • Cover: Nonfiction

    This title examines the genre of nonfiction in Enchanted Air, Brown Girl Dreaming, Chasing Lincoln's Killer, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, and Plastic: A Toxic Love Story. It features More →

  • Cover: Graphic Novels

    This title examines the genre of graphic novels in the Descender series, Lumberjanes: Beware the Kitten Holy, Persepolis, Maus, and March. It features four analysis papers that consider… More →

  • Cover: Young Adult

    This title examines the genre of young adult literature in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Speak, We Were Liars, Between Shades of Gray, and The Maze Runner. It features four More →

  • Cover: Poetry

    This title examines the genre of poetry in the work of William Shakespeare, Rafael Campo, Robert Browning, Emily Dickinson, Yuko Taniguchi, Langston Hughes, and Gwendolyn Bennett. It features More →

  • Cover: Drama

    This title examines the genre of drama in She Stoops to Conquer, Pygmalion, Inherit the Wind, A Raisin in the Sun, and Mamma Mia! It features four analysis papers that consider drama, each… More →

  • Cover: Mystery

    This title examines the genre of mystery in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, The Westing Game, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Eye of the Crow, and A Spy in the House. It features four analysis… More →

  • Cover: Classic Literature

    This title examines the genre of classic literature in Pride and Prejudice, The Book Thief, The Joy Luck Club, Brave New World, and The Handmaid's Tale. It features four analysis papers that… More →

  • Cover: Science Fiction

    This title examines the genre of science fiction in Kindred, A Wrinkle in Time, 1984, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and The 5th Wave. It features four analysis papers that consider… More →

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