Words & Genres for May 2017 Battles

Here are the theme words and genres for May!

May 2nd

• THEME WORD: Headphones
• GENRE: Fantasy
  • Fantasy – fiction with strange or otherworldly settings or characters; fiction which invites suspension of reality
  • Please visit the BATTLE GENRE page for a full list of subcategories.
  • Challenge yourself! Try something new.
  • This Week’s Suggestion: Magical realism  – story where magical or unreal elements play a natural part in an otherwise realistic environment

May 9th

• THEME WORD: Splash
• GENRE: Suspense/Thriller
  • Suspense/thriller – fiction about harm about to befall a person or group and the attempts made to evade the harm
    • A subcategory option: Horror – fiction in which events evoke a feeling of dread and sometimes fear in both the characters and the reader (no graphic content, please)

May 16th

• THEME WORD: Disobedience
• GENRE: FREE CHOICE
  • For ideas, visit the BATTLE GENRE page for a full list of subcategories.
  • Challenge yourself!…