Genre and Genre Frames
This genre has characters, a problem, a solution, and a deeper meaning.
Fiction
This player is known as "King James".
Who is LeBron James
This player is often referred to as the "GOAT" quarterback, having won 7 Super Bowls.
Who is Tom Brady.
This device compares two unlike things using the words like or as.
What is a simile.
Give a synonym for the word
angry
furious, grumpy, irritated
This genre has a topic.
The NBA team is based in Chicago.
Who are the Chicago Bulls.
This NFL team has a star on its helmet and is known as "America’s Team."
Who are the Dallas Cowboys.
Giving human qualities to nonhuman objects is called this.
What is personification.
The main message, lesson, or moral of a story is called this.
What is the theme.
This genre has a literal meaning.
Poetry
The maximum points a player can score on a single shot.
Three
The number of points a team earns for a touchdown.
Six
A phrase that exaggerates for effect, like “I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.”
What is hyperbole.
The person who tells the story.
Who is the narrator.
This genre give factual information.
Non-fiction/informational
This player is often regarded as the greatest of all time and wore jersey number 23 for the Bulls.
Michael Jordan
This quarterback is famous for his rushing and passing skills and won the 2019 NFL MVP.
Who is Lamar Jackson.
This device uses repeated beginning sounds, like “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.”
What is alliteration.
When you use details from a text to explain or support your answer, you are citing this.
What is textual evidence.
This genre can be a narrative.
Fiction
What is the record for the most three-pointers made in one NBA game and by whom?
14 by Klay Thompson.
This game is the championship of the NFL season.
What is the Super Bowl.
A reference to another well-known story, event, or person, such as saying someone has a “Midas touch.”
What is an allusion.
The struggle between two opposing forces in a story, such as character vs. character, character vs. self, or character vs. society.
What is conflict.