Genre 1
A story that is not true?
fiction
A story that is true?
Nonfiction
A fiction story that could not happen in real life?
example: The Lord of the Rings
Fantasy
A nonfiction story of a person's whole life?
Biography
Writing that is filled with emotion, has a rhythmic quality and can include rhyming?
Poem
Fiction that can happen in real life?
Realistic Fiction
Story that often begins with "Once Upon a Time,' usually has a quality of magic involved?
example: Cinderella
Fairy Tale
Daily Double
A story that the characters are normally animals and teaches a moral/lesson?
Fable
Example: Paul Bunyan
Tall Tale
Daily Double
A nonfiction story about a specific event in a person's life?
Personal Narrative
Daily Double
A letter trying to make someone change their view on a topic.
Persuasive Essay
Daily Double
A story that is intended for performance by actors. Example: play, opera, ballet
Drama
Stories that are based in history, take place in a particular time period in the past that are not true.
Historical fiction
Daily Double
Stories that have stanzas and lines instead of paragraphs.
Poems
A story that mostly has animals as the main characters. This genre teaches a lesson.
Folk Tale
Beliefs and customs that are told over the years and passed down generation to generation.
Folktale
Who is Helen Keller is an example of what genre?
biography
The "I survived" series is an example of what genres?
Historical Fiction
Our Social Studies book is an example of what genre
Nonfiction
Roses are Red, Violets are blue... is an example of what genre?
Poem
The grandfather telling the story to his grandson in Knots on a Counting Rope is an example of what genre?
Folktale
The Third Grade Program, The Greatest Show is an example of what genre?
Drama
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone is an example of what genre?
Fantasy
Daily Double
An account of a person's life told by that person using I, me, and my is what genre?
autobiography
Made up Stories that blend fact and fiction with futuristic space/technology.
Example: Star Wars
Science fiction