Genres

Genres

40 Book Challenge

What is a genre?

Category of books

Poll

I am most likely to read a book for pleasure that

• A friend recommends

• A librarian or teacher recommends

• Has won an award

• Is by an author whose books I've read

Traditional Literature

• Stories that are passed down from one group to another in history. This includes folktales, legends, fables, fairy tales, tall tales, and myths from different cultures.

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Realistic Fiction

• A story using made-up characters that could happen in real life

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Historical Fiction

• A fictional story that takes place in a particular time period in the past. Often the setting is real, but the characters are made up from the author’s imagination. 

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Fantasy

• A story including elements that are impossible such as talking animals or magical powers. Make-believe is what this genre is all about! 

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Historical Fiction

• A fictional story that takes place in a particular time period in the past. Often the setting is real, but the characters are made up from the author’s imagination.

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Science Fiction

• A type of fantasy that uses science and technology (robots, time machines, etc.)

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Mystery

• A suspenseful story about a puzzling event that is not solved until the end of the story.

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Informational

• Texts that provide information about a variety of topics (sports, animals, science, history, careers, travel, geography, space, weather, etc.) 

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Biography/Autobiography

• Texts that provide information about a variety of topics (sports, animals, science, history, careers, travel, geography, space, weather, etc.) 

• The story of a real person’s life, written by that person.

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Poetry

• Poetry is verse written to create a response of thought and feeling from the reader. It often uses rhythm and rhyme to help convey its meaning.

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Graphic Novel

• A story written in comic-strip form, and published as a book.

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Poll

What genre do you prefer?

• Realistic Fiction

• Historical Fiction

• Fantasty

• Informational

Multiple Choice

Select the genre - That's how long it takes the Great Earthquake of 1906 to destroy 500 blocks of San Francisco. Leo's world is shaken — literally — and now every second could mean the difference between life and death as the city crumbles and burns to the ground right before his eyes. Does he have what it takes to survive this devastating disaster?

• Realistic Fiction

• Graphic Novel

• Poetry

• Historical Fiction

Multiple Choice

How to Go on an Unplanned Road Trip with Your Grandma:

Grab a Suitcase: Prepacked from the big spring break trip that got CANCELLED.

Fasten Your Seatbelt: G'ma's never conventional, so this trip won't be either.

Use the Green Book: G'ma's most treasured possession. It holds history, memories, and most important, the way home.

• Realistic Fiction

• Historical Fiction

• Mystery

• Informational

Multiple Choice

After a mean collector named Swindle cons him out of his most valuable baseball card, Griffin Bing must put together a band of misfits to break into Swindle's compound and recapture the card. There are many things standing in their way -- a menacing guard dog, a high-tech security system, a very secret hiding place, and their inability to drive -- but Griffin and his team are going to get back what's rightfully his . . . even if hijinks ensue.

• Mystery

• Autobiography

• Realistic Fiction

• Fantasy

Multiple Choice

In a discontented kingdom, civil war is brewing. To unify the divided people, Conner, a nobleman of the court, devises a cunning plan to find an impersonator of the king's long-lost son and install him as a puppet prince. Four orphans are recruited to compete for the role, including a defiant boy named Sage. Sage knows that Conner's motives are more than questionable, yet his life balances on a sword's point -- he must be chosen to play the prince or he will certainly be killed.

• Informational

• Poetry

• Realistic Fiction

• Fantasy

Multiple Choice

Shots rang out. Soldiers fell dead. On April 19, 1775, the bitter conflict that had been brewing between the American colonists and Great Britain ignited on the battlefield. The British king’s unfair tax policies had pushed the colonists toward war, but the American Revolution became a struggle for something greater—independence. And the world would never be the same again!

• Historical Fiction

• Informational

• Realistic Fiction

• Biography