Genre Sorting
This genre is a favorite of many a movie studio and features characters like Spider-Man, Green Arrow, and the Dark Knight.
What is the Superhero Genre?
Dorothy Gale, Wilbur the Pig, and Dracula are all examples of this element of storytelling.
What are characters?
This form of creative writing might be on a page, but it's much more likely that you'd find it in your ears.
What is music?
This animatronic teddy bear has a bad attitude!
Who is Freddy Fazbear?
What genre does Neil Gaiman use in Coraline to help emphasize the protagonist's anxieties about moving to a new place?
What is the horror genre?
Beloved characters such as Winnie the Pooh, Pippi Longstocking, and Strega Nona can be found in this section of most libraries.
What is Children's genre?
This is the point of highest tension, also known as a turning point.
What is the climax?
This large category is often broken into genres and subgenres.
What is fiction?
This boy wizard faced many trials and tribulations on his way to defeat You Know Who.
Who is Harry Potter?
Beloved stories such as Frankenstein and The Corpse Bride draw on traditional folk tales from this culture.
What is Jewish Heritage?
Characters like Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie's Poirot live in this genre, pursuing evildoers.
What is the Detective/Mystery Genre?
This is the struggle or issue being faced by characters in a story.
What is the conflict?
This is what radio, television, film, and live theater have in common.
What is scriptwiting?
This roguish Professor is the arch-enemy of Sherlock Holmes.
Who is Professor James Moriarty?
This radio play (later turned into a movie starring Dakota Fanning) allegedly caused a scare on Halloween, when listeners mistook the events for being a live broadcast.
What is the War of the Worlds?
X2 POINTS!
This genre deals with real situations and real significant events, but often features fictional characters and made up stories.
What is historical fiction?
This is the author's attitude towards the subjects or events of the story.
What is tone?
T.S. Elliot, Shel Silverstein, Robert Frost, and Langston Hughes are names to know in this genre.
What is poetry?
This brave young woman volunteered in place of her sister in an event known as The Reaping.
Who is Katniss Everdeen?
This is what many stories enter into, following a period of time after the death of the author. Characters, ideas, and setting can all be taken from the work and reused.
What is the Public Domain?
This genre is also known as the coming of age genre, and is home to characters like Pony Boy and Greg Hefley.
What is the bildungsroman genre?
This is when a narrator possesses all the information in a story.
What is omniscient?
Whether it's Michael Jordan reminding you to have a healthy diet or lessons about life from G.I. Joe, this form of writing is about teaching.
What are PSAs?
This YA protagonist has a name that is reversed from front to back. (Full name)
Who is Stanley Yelnats?
Ms. Smith's cat is named after this Harry Potter character, as well as a beloved anime cat.
Who is Luna Lovegood?