Genre Review Game

Setting

100

This genre's setting takes place in the past. 

Historical Fiction

200

This genre's setting could include a haunted house. 

Horror

300

This fiction story might take place at a basketball court.

Sports Fiction. 

400

This genre's setting takes place in the future!

Science Fiction

500

What kind of story has a setting that feels just like our world right now—like your school, your home, or the park—and has no magic, talking animals, or spaceships?

Realistic Fiction

Characters

100

In this genre, animals talk and act like people.

Animal or Fantasy

200

This type of genre often has princes or princesses or magical characters

Fantasy

300

Characters do impossible things that could not really happen in real life (for example, fly around).

Fantasy or Sci Fi 

400

This genre might contain aliens as characters. 

Science Fiction

500

This genre has characters that are solving problems using clues.

Mystery

What's It For?

100

This genre is meant to frighten you. 

Horror

200

This genre has a lot of action or exploring a new place!

Adventure

300

This genre is for giving us information on a topic of study.

Non-fiction; Informational

400

This genre is meant to make you laugh.

Humor

500

This genre allows you to see inside a person's life from their own point of view, not someone else's.

Autobiography

Random!

100

Facts about a person's life

Biography or Autobiography

200

A story presented in a comic-strip format using a combination of words and pictures. 

Graphic Novels

300

Crime to be solved

Mystery

400

A story that is meant to be acted out on the stage

Drama or a Play

500

Writing that is true and tells about real people and events.

Non-fiction