Genres 1
genres 2
Genres 3
Genres 4
jeopardy in reverse
100

This determines the range of possible actions in it.

What is a genre?

100

An alphabet book is an exammple

What is a concept book?

100

This plot in this book could happen within the realm of possibility.

What is realistic fiction?

100

Helping children celebrate what is clear, precise, beautiful and true in our language

What describes the purpose of poetry for children?

100

Which one of the following reasons do the authors use to suggest that traditional literature is somewhat of a misnomer?

Its origins are oral; literature is written.

200

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

What was the first modern fantasy published for children in the United States?

200

Nonrational events occur in the primary world in this type of fantasy

What best characterizes “low fantasy”?

200

This type of poem is composed of five lines

What is a Limerick?

200

A gurgle

What is an example of onomatopoeic?

200

Name a book from the Science Fiction Genre?

a variety

300

a story about a slave on the plantation of Thomas Jefferson

What is  “historical fiction?”

300

Johannes Amos Comenius

Who is identified as the author of the first informational book for children?

300

Because they help children understand that often the subject of biographies are ordinary people like themselves and that they to can make a difference.

Why are biographies valuable for children?

300

E. B. White

Who is the author of Charlotte's Webb?

300

What is the difference between fantasy and science fiction?

A)  Main characters in fantasy have magic powers and in science fiction main characters are normal people

B)  Science fiction is based on science that has gone awry and fantasy is based on known ideas that have taken an extraordinary turn

C)  In fantasy the primary world is full of magic and in science fiction it is full of science

D)  Fantasy never could be but science fiction has the possibility of being

D)  Fantasy never could be but science fiction has the possibility of being


400

The characters in this genre resemble real people.

What best describes characters that appear in realistic fiction?

400

A story about a slave on the plantation of Thomas Jefferson

What is a story classified as “historical fiction?”

400

In this genre Judy Blume writes about jealousy and Gary Paulsen about an experience in the wilderness.  There are books such as Robinson Crusoe, Little Women and the Goosebumps books.

What is "Realistc Fiction"?

400

 A  book describing the construction of the Titanic

What kind of book would qualify as nonfiction Informational?

400

A story entitled “How the Zebra Got His Stripes” is most likely to be classified as which of the following?

A)  a pour quoi tale

B)  a trickster tale

C)  a tall tale

D)  a denouement assertion

a pour quoi tale

500

Hard-to-imagine settings are brought to life in these type of picture books

What is "Historical Fiction"?

500

They help children understand that often the subject of these books are ordinary people like themselves and that they to can make a difference. They can shape history; pride in cultural and ethnic origins.

Why are Biographies valuable for children?

500

Books in this genre spare details that allow individual to interpret the story

What is traditional literature?

500

In this book, Rabbits doing rabbit behavior but wearing clothes and drinking tea as well.


What are the characteristics that make Peter Rabbit a fantasy?  

500

Which of the following would best fit into the science fiction category?

A)  a book in which a young boy’s wish to be brave is granted by a good fairy

B)  a story in which a child’s teddy bear is able to predict danger

C)  an account in which a girl is distressed by what happens when her sister is cloned

D)  a book in which an elf transforms a youngster’s mother into a frog

An account in which a girl is distressed by what happens when her sister is cloned

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