Genres
ANY genre/book that is contains events and stories that did not really happen.
What is Fiction
This story is not true but could really happen in today's reality
What is Realistic Fiction
A story passed down over time and generations
What is traditional/classic literatiure
The Tinfoil Key by Rob Burnside When young Ian Bradley accidently switches suitcases with an intergalactic space explorer at a coffee shop, he ends up going on the trip of a lifetime. Now that he’s left holding the bag, Ian must deliver it to the light scientists on Gamma Outpost 9 in time, and every life-form in the galaxy is unknowingly depending on the success of his efforts.
What is Science Fiction
A book told through images and word bubbles in panels
What is Graphic Novel
A story meant to fill a reader with fear and repulsion
What is Horror?
Angela's Ashes, written by Irish-American author Frank McCourt, provides stories of his childhood and details his early childhood in Brooklyn, New York.
What is Memoir
A story with plot and characters that is told through poetry
What is a Novel in Verse
Story about fantastic things using science such as aliens and time travel.
What is Science Fiction
A text about a certain period of someone's own life.
A book that focuses on a dangerous journey or quest.
What is Action/Adventure?
Bronze Star by Irwin Keene World War II has been hard for Mama Conner. Her husband and three sons have been away at war and Mama Conner was left to keep the house together, raise money, and provide for Baby Maple. The mood in the town darkens suddenly when her neighbor Betsy loses one of her loved ones in battle. At Mama Conner’s ladies club, several upstanding ladies of the town are on edge after hearing a garbled news report announcing that a man from their town was lost in battle, but as the man’s name went unheard, the women are left to speculate as to whom will be the most affected. This novel ends in a surprising twist.¬
What is Historical Fiction
Told through character dialogue and written to be performed on stage
What is a Drama
In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Alice meets a talking Caterpillar, a cat that can disappear, and grows larger and smaller when eating cakes and mushrooms.
What is Fantasy
The Crossover is a book which is told entirely through verse and tells the story of brothers playing basketball.
What is Novel Written in Verse
Verse and rhythmic writing with imagery that evokes an emotional response from the reader
What is Poetry
What genre would be 1000 Facts About Sharks?
What is Informational Text
A drama written by William Shakespeare
What are various answers including Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet.
Speak is a young adult novel by Laurie Halse Anderson that tells the story of high school freshman Melinda Sordino. After something traumatizing happens to her at the end of a summer party, she calls the police, who break up the party. Melinda is then shunned by her peers because she will not say why she called the police. Unable to verbalize what happened, Melinda nearly stops speaking altogether, expressing her voice through the art she produces for Mr. Freeman's class. This expression slowly helps Melinda acknowledge what happened, face her problems, and recreate her identity.
What is Realistic Fiction