Name that SUB GENRE!
Book By It's Cover
Figuratively
Stranger Than Fiction
Folklore
100

What is Mystery 

100

What sub genre is this book? 

What is Fantasy

100

A commonly used expression whose meaning does not relate to the literal meaning of its words. 

What is an idiom?

100

August "Auggie" Pullman, a boy born with an incredible facial deformity, is finally ready to go to a public school for the beginning of his fifth grade year. Inside he feels just like other kids, but his face may separate him from potential friends forever.

The genre of this book is __________.  

What is realistic fiction? 

100

The type of literature Folktales, Myths, and Fables fall under.

What is Traditional Literature?

200

What is Fantasy

200

What sub genre is this book? 

What is Realistic Fiction? 

200

What type of figurative language is this an example of,

He is as strong as an ox.

What is Simile 

200

After the mutant Erasers abduct the youngest member of their group, the "birdkids," who are the result of genetic experimentation, take off in pursuit and find themselves struggling to understand their own origins and purpose. 

What genre is this? 

What is Science Fiction? 

200

The literary word for a short story with personified animals and a moral/life lesson. 

What is a fable?

300

What is Historical Fiction 

300


What is the sub genre of this book?


What is Science Fiction? 

300

What type of figurative language is this a type of, 

              The classroom was a zoo.

What is Metaphor 

300

After learning that she is the Princess, Jenna is whisked from her home and carried toward safety by the Extraordinary Wizard, those she always believed were her father and brother, and a young guard known only as Boy 412--pursued by agents of those who killed her mother ten years earlier. 

What is this genre? 

What is fantasy? 

300

The literary term for a story that has gods/goddesses and usually explains the creation of something.

What are myths?

400

What is Realistic Fiction

400

What is the sub genre of this book? 

What is Mystery? 

400

What type of figurative language is used here? 

The lightening danced across the sky

What is personification? 

400

On Monday afternoon five students at Bayview High walk into detention.

Bronwyn, Addy, Nate, Cooper, and Simon. 

Simon never makes it out of that classroom. Before the end of detention, Simon's dead. And according to investigators, his death wasn't an accident. On Monday he died. But on Tuesday he'd planned to post juicy reveals about all four of his high-profile classmates, which makes all four of them suspects in his murder. Or are they the perfect patsies for a killer who's still on the loose?

Everyone has secrets, right? What really matters is how far you would go to protect them.

What genre is this? 

What is Mystery? 

400

The literary term for a story set in the Wild West and has a character with a greatly exaggerated skill/size/strength.

What is a Tall Tale? 

500

What is Science Fiction

500

What is the genre of this book? 

What is nonfiction? 

500

A figure of speech that uses like or as to compare to dissimilar things is called? 

What is Simile 

500

One choice can transform you. Beatrice Prior's society is divided into five factions. Beatrice must choose between staying with her family and transferring factions. Her choice will shock her community and herself. But the newly christened Tris also has a secret, one she's determined to keep hidden, because in this world, what makes you different makes you dangerous.

What genre is this? 

What is Science Fiction 

500

The literary term for a story that has magic and/or talking animals, often starts with "Once Upon a Time" and has a human protagonist.

What is a fairy tale?