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
“I Survived"......The Bombing of Pearl Harbor 1941”
What is Historical Fiction?
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 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
A true story about two hikers struggling to survive a painfully cold blizzard is written by one survivor
What is Autobiograpy?
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
A character who undergoes important changes as a plot unfolds
What is a dynamic Character?
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 person or Force that works against the hero of the story
What is the Antagonist?