Name that Genre
Persuasive
Fiction or Non-Fiction
Drama
Poetry
100

Includes stage directions, dialogue, and character tags.

What is Drama.

100

Persuasive texts are usually written as 

What is cause and effect or problem and solution.

100

 Short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people.

What is Fiction.

100

A piece of literature that is written with the intent to be performed.

What is Drama.

100

Literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm

What is Poetry?

200

When reading this genre, you will need to be able to recognize fact vs. opinion.

What is Argumentative.
200

Expository texts in which the author is trying to

What is convince or persuade the reader to their view. 

200

A narrative that reads like fiction, however is written about real people, places, or things.

What is Literary Non-Fiction.

200

An instruction in the text of a play, especially one indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting.


What is Stage Direction?

200

A subdivision of a poem, specifically a group of words arranged into a row.

What in a Line?

300

A narrative that reads like fiction, however is written about real people, places, or things.

What is Literary Non-Fiction.

300

"World's best coffee" is an example of 

What is author exaggeration. 

300

An account of someone's life written by someone else.

What is Biography.

300

Conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie.

What is Dialogue?

300

A division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme

What is a Stanza?

400

This genre requires following stanzas and line structures. Recognizing rhyme scheme and creating mental images is required in order to create a deeper understanding.

What is Poetry.

400

The way an author looks at a topic or the ideas being described.

What is authors view point.

400

Novels in which a story is made up but is set in the past

What is Historical Fiction. 

400

The written text of a play, movie, or broadcast.

What is the Script.

400

Correspondence of two or more words with similar-sounding final syllables placed so as to echo one another.

What is a Rhyme?

500

Also called informational, is writing that explains or defines something.

What is Expository.

500

Intent or purpose for writing. (PIE)

What is author’s purpose.

500

A narrative composed from personal experiences and memories .

What is a Memoir.

500

The place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place.

What is the Setting?

500

Love and Friendship are examples of.

What is Theme?