Nonfiction
Poetry
Fiction
Authors
Miscellaneous
100

This type of book allows us to find the meanings of words.

What is a dictionary?

100

This type of poetry has a set pattern of syllables in each of it's three lines. That pattern is 5, 7, 5.

What is a Haiku?

100

J.K. Rowling is known for writing this book series.

What is the Harry Potter series?

100

This author has written series about Greek mythology, Roman mythology, Norse mythology, and Egyptian mythology.

Who is Rick Riordan?

100

Not all books are all words. Books composed of images can be called __________.

What is comic books/graphic novels/manga?

200

When a person writes about their own life, it is this kind of nonfiction writing.

What is autobiography?

200

In poetry we don't call these paragraphs, we call them...

What is a stanza?

200

Sherlock Holmes novels fall into this genre of fiction.

What is mystery or crime fiction?

200

This famous author writes the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series.

Who is Jeff Kinney?

200

This is where hundreds of books are kept.

What is a library?

300

Young girls and "wimpy kids" are known to write in these.

What are diaries?

300

What type of poem is this?

There was an Old Man with a beard
Who said, "It is just as I feared!
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!"

What is a Limerick?

300

This novel by Lewis Carroll was based on a real 10-year-old girl.

What is Alice in Wonderland?

300

This author is known for writing Matilda and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Who is Roald Dahl?

300

According to Guinness World Records as of 1995, this book is the best-selling book of all time, with an estimated 5 billion copies sold and distributed. (Think of a book that almost every family owns)

What is the Bible?

400

This book contains information like weather forecasts, farmers' planting dates, tide tables, and other tabular data often arranged according to the calendar.

What is an almanac? 

400

What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?

​A pelican uses its steam-shovel bill
To gather more fish than can possibly fill
Its pelican belly.
It’s not out of greed…
That bill is a trough where young pelicans feed​

What is A,A,B,C,C?

400

This fantasy trilogy has a female character who is good with a bow and arrow.

What is The Hunger Games trilogy?

400

These guys are known for writing gruesome fairy tales which Disney has since adapted to provide happily ever afters.

Who are the Grimm Brothers?

400

This type of book gives some real historical facts and a made up story. 

What is historical fiction?

500

This source provides you with synonyms and antonyms.

What is a thesaurus?

500

This poetry is made up of four lined verses that rhyme.

What is a quatrain?

500

In this book one of the main characters (Mo) can bring fictional characters to life by reading books out loud.

What is Inkheart?

500

Samuel Clemens is better known as his pen name.

What is Mark Twain?

500

One in five adults around the world can't do this.

What is read or write?