Genre 1
Any story that is true and based on facts.
What is nonfiction?
A fictional story about a young man who marched with George Washington during the revolution.
What is a historical fiction?
A true story about a person written by that same person.
What is autobiography?
Any story that is not true/made up.
What is fiction?
A true story about a real person written by a different person.
What is a biography?
A story with unbelievable or exaggerated events, often based on real people.
What is a tall tale?
A short story, typically with animals as characters, ending with a moral or lesson.
What is a fable?
A story, often set in the future, with advanced technology that we do not currently possess.
What is science fiction?
A story using a made up plot, setting and characters that could be true.
What is realistic fiction?
A story usually containing magic and other supernatural phenomena.
What is fantasy?
If you write a book about the Rock.
What is a biography?
Books that provide facts about a topic or many topics.
What is information text or nonfiction?
A fictional story that takes place during the Civil War.
What is historical fiction?
The story of Frederick Douglass written by Frederick Douglass.
What is an autobiography?
A story where people are replaced with robots.
What is science fiction?
Often ends with "and they lived happily ever after."
What is a fairy tale?
The story of Zeus.
What is a myth?
A sleuth seeks out the killer.
What is a mystery?
Stories that were first handed down from generation to generation.
What are folk tales or traditional literature?
A story about a teenager who discovers she is a witch.
What is fantasy?
In the story "The Ant and the Grasshopper," the grasshopper learns a lesson.
What is a fable?
Kronos was the father of the Olympians.
What is a myth?
A book about how to build a computer.
What is nonfiction/information text?
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
What is poetry?
Shakespeare's most famous work, Romeo and Juliet.
What is a drama (play)?