Use Your Imagination
Genre, Genre, who knows the Genre?
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Give me an example
100
a fictional story with characters who take part in activities that could happen
What is Realistic Fiction?
100
invented stories with imaginary characters and events
What is Fiction?
100
a person's life story written by another person
What is a Biography?
100
the problem or struggle between two opposing forces in a story
What is conflict?
100
The “Dark, dusty corner in the House”
What is setting?
200
imaginative, fictional stories involving actual or projected scientific phenomena
What is Science Fiction?
200
true stories of actual events or characters
What is Nonfiction?
200
a person's life story written by himself or herself
What is an Autobiography?
200
a lesson that a story teaches and is typically found in a fable
What is a Moral?
200
a type of writing usually read for facts
What is Nonfiction?
300
a fictional story with characters who try to solve a crime or unexplained event
What is a Mystery?
300
information sources such as encyclopedias, yearbooks, directories, and atlases
What is a Reference Book?
300
a book or article that introduces the reader to various topical material and "how to" information on subjects such as science, art, and specific crafts- projects
What is an Informational Text?
300
the feeling that a piece of literature is intended to create in the reader
What is Mood?
300
this is the genre of a book about a person that is true.
What is a biography?
400
a fictional story set in the past with character who take part in actual historical events and interact with real people from the past
What is Historical Fiction?
400
a story meant for a stage, performed by actors
What is a Drama?
400
a daily or weekly publication of current events
What is a newspaper?
400
the place and time frame in which a story takes place
What is setting?
400
This is the genre of a book that is a true account of a person's life written by the same person.
What is an autobiography?
500
a fictional story set in make-believe worlds, often with non-human characters
What are Fantasies and Fairy Tales?
500
words arranged in metrical pattern, often using rhymed verse in an imaginative style
What is Poetry?
500
an anonymous, timeless, and placeless story that was told rather than written
What is a Folk Tale?
500
the message about life or human nature that is “the focus” in the story that is often implied
What is theme?
500
the person or Force that works against the hero of the story
What is the Antagonist?