Fiction 1
Fiction 2
Nonfiction 1
Nonfiction 2
Mixed
100
Short tales with a simple moral at the end.
What is a fable?
100
A story that explains how something came to be.
What is a pourquoi tale?
100
Books that give factual information about various topics that are often found in sets.
What are encyclopedias?
100
A book used to find definitions and pronounciations of words.
What is a dictionary?
100
A book written about a person's life.
What is a biography?
200
An old story passed down through the generations that reveals beliefs and customs of a culture.
What is a folktale?
200
The kind of story in which events often happen in threes.
What is a folktale?
200
A book that give facts about one topic, and is used to instruct students.
What is a textbook?
200
An electronic resource used to find information on almost any topic instantly.
What is the Internet?
200
A book written by a person about their own life.
What is an autobiography?
300
A story that often includes kings, queens, and imaginary creatures such as ogres and dragons.
What is a fairy tale?
300
A story that usually has a happy ending.
What is a fairy tale?
300
A book of maps.
What is an atlas?
300
A reference that is sent on a regular basis (once a week, or once a month) to someone who subscribes to it.
What is a magazine or periodical?
300
A story told mostly through dialogue between characters on a stage.
What is a play?
400
A story that comes from an ancient culture, and is often about gods and goddesses.
What is a myth?
400
A story about Pecos Bill riding a tornado.
What is a tall tale?
400
A book of information on current topics, such as sports, weather, or the events that happened in a particular year.
What is an almanac?
400
A large paper reference source that usually comes daily with the very latest current events.
What is a newspaper?
400
A brief story that focuses on one character and one event.
What is a short story?
500
An exaggerated story that tells about the adventures of a larger-than-life hero.
What is a tall tale?
500
A story in which characters solve a puzzle using clues.
What is a mystery?
500
A book used to find synonyms.
What is a thesaurus?
500
A book that give facts about topics.
What is expository nonfiction, or narrative nonfiction.
500
A type of writing that uses short lines instead of sentences, and often uses rhyming words.
What is poetry?
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