Fiction Genres
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Call of Dewey 4: Modern Book Fair
Biography or Autobiography
100

This genre is a blend of science and technology

science fiction

100

Poetry belongs in this Non-Fiction section:
A. 500s (natural/earth sciences)
B. 600s (Technology/applied sciences)
C. 800s (Literature)

C. 800s Literature

100

This is what you call a person who draws pictures for books.

This is what you call a person who draws pictures for books.

100

You could find a poetry book by Shel Silverstein in this section.

What is in the 800s section - Literature

100

A famous person writes his or her own life story.

Autobiography

200

This genre is based in reality. The events could really happen.

Realistic Fiction

200

A Biography and Autobiography both belong in this Non-Fiction section:
A. 300s (social sciences)
B. 700s (Arts and Recreation)
C. 900s (history and geography)

C. 900s history and geography

200

This person writes the book.

Who is the author

200

You could find a book about planets in this section

What is in the 500s - Science

200

A famous person has someone else write his or her life story

Biography

300

This genre takes place in the past in a specific time period

Historical Fiction

300

Books about cars belong in this part of the nonfiction section:
A. 400s (Language)
B. 600s (Technology/Applied Sciences)
C. 700s (Arts and Recreation)

B. 600s Technology

300

This is the name of the book and can sometimes help you predict what will happen.

What is the title

300

You can find a book about the periodic table of elements in this section.

What is in the 500s section - Science

300

A story of Helen Keller written by Helen Keller

autobiography

400

This genre usually involves a puzzle or a crime to be solved by finding clues. 

Mystery

400

Books about the study of wild animals belong in this part of the nonfiction section:
A. 500s (earth/natural sciences)
B. 100s (general information)
C. 900s (history & geography)

A: 500s (science)

400

The part of the book you see when the book is on the shelf.

What is the book's spine

400

You would find a biography on Martin Luther King Jr in this section.

What is in the 900s section.

400

A story of Helen Keller's life written by her teacher, Annie Sullivan.

Biography

500

This genre has magic, and or talking animals.

Fantasy

500

A Dictionary or Thesaurus both belong in this area in Non-Fiction:
A. 200s (religion)
B. 400s (language)
C. 500s (natural sciences)

B: 400s (language)

500

The outer layers of the book.

The front and back cover.

500

You would find a book of jokes in this section.

What is in the 800s section - Literature

500

Are biographies and autobiographies fiction or nonfiction?

Nonfiction