Genres 1
This determines the range of possible actions in it.
What is a genre?
An alphabet book is an exammple
What is a concept book?
This plot in this book could happen within the realm of possibility.
What is realistic fiction?
Helping children celebrate what is clear, precise, beautiful and true in our language
What describes the purpose of poetry for children?
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.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
What was the first modern fantasy published for children in the United States?
Nonrational events occur in the primary world in this type of fantasy
What best characterizes “low fantasy”?
This type of poem is composed of five lines
What is a Limerick?
A gurgle
What is an example of onomatopoeic?
Name a book from the Science Fiction Genre?
a variety
a story about a slave on the plantation of Thomas Jefferson
What is “historical fiction?”
Johannes Amos Comenius
Who is identified as the author of the first informational book for children?
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?
E. B. White
Who is the author of Charlotte's Webb?
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
The characters in this genre resemble real people.
What best describes characters that appear in realistic fiction?
A story about a slave on the plantation of Thomas Jefferson
What is a story classified as “historical fiction?”
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"?
A book describing the construction of the Titanic
What kind of book would qualify as nonfiction Informational?
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
Hard-to-imagine settings are brought to life in these type of picture books
What is "Historical Fiction"?
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?
Books in this genre spare details that allow individual to interpret the story
What is traditional literature?
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?
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