Literary Genres

Name that Genre

100

Describe Realistic Fiction

What is fiction that could be real; a story made up of characters that could really happen now?

200

Define biography

What is nonfiction about a person's true life events written by another person?

300

Mystery

What is a story about a puzzling event that isn't solved until the end of the story; suspenseful?

400

Historical Fiction

What is a fictional story with real and made-up characters that takes place during a historical time?

500

Science Fiction

What is a story that blends technology from the future with scientific fact and fiction?

Fiction or Nonfiction

100

Informational

What is nonfiction?

200

Autobiography

What is nonfiction?

300

Fantasy

What is fiction?

400

Traditional Literature

What is fiction?

500

Poetry

What is written as both fiction and nonfiction depending on author's purpose?

Match the Genre

100

The Harry Potter Series

What is fantasy?

200

Aesop wrote and was well-known for this specific genre.

What are fables?

300

Sherlock Holmes is the main character in this genre of books written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

What is Mystery?

400

 Shel Silverstein, Maya Angelou, and Jack Prelutsky all wrote in this genre.

What is poetry?

500

These book titles are all examples of this kind of genre, The Giver, A Wrinkle in Time, The Hunger Games.

What is Science Fiction?