Name that Genre
Fiction or Nonfiction?
Categorize that text
Basic Terminology
Expectations and Procedures
100

A work that features stories of adventure, such as world travel, difficult quests, voyages of discovery, and other journeys.

What is adventure?

100

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

What is Fiction?

100

Sleeping Beauty

What is a fairy tale?

100

English Language Arts.

What is ELA?

100

Find your journal and folder then proceed to your seat quickly and efficiently.

What is the first thing you do in every class period?

200

A novel, play, or movie dealing with a puzzling crime, especially a murder.

What is mystery?

200

Steve Jobs

What is nonfiction?

200

The Lord of the Rings

What is fantasy?

200

A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.

What is a genre?

200

Morning writing assignment.

What activity do you do after taking your seat?

300

A literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm; poems collectively or as a genre of literature.

What is poetry?

300

The Tortoise and the Hare

What is fiction?

300

The Maze Runner

What is science fiction?

300

A narrowed focus for any genre.

What is a subgenre?
300

Raise your hand but remain silent.

What do you do if you have a question?

400

A piece of nonfiction writing written with the intention of informing and/or educating the reader about a specific topic; gives factual information.

What is informational?

400

Johnny Appleseed

What is fiction?

400

Pride and Prejudice

What is romance?

400

Invention or fabrication as opposed to fact.

What is fiction?

400
Everyone has valuable input; give your classmates opportunities.

What is respecting one another and the learning environment?

500

A classic or legendary story that usually focuses on a particular hero or event, and explains mysteries of nature, existence, or the universe with no true basis in fact.

What is myth?

500

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

What is nonfiction?

500

Bridgerton

What is historical fiction?

500

Based on facts, real events, or real people.

What is nonfiction?

500

Take risks and make mistakes.

What is how we learn?

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