Genre Review

Genre

Genre is a helpful way to put movies, books, TV, video games, or comics into a
category. This can help us find stories that we like and avoid stories or genres we
don’t like.

Multiple Choice

What is a genre?

• a candy bar

• categories to describe stories

• a new show on Netflix

Superhero

Action / Adventure

A story with an exciting
experience or activity.
The characters might
go on a quest to find a
lost treasure or defeat
an evil villain or
monster.

Mystery

Stories where there is a problem to solve. The mystery genre is
one of the most popular genres. Famous examples include Scooby
Doo, Sherlock Holmes, and more.

Multiple Choice

What is an example of a mystery story?

• Scooby Doo

• Adventure Time

• Steven Universe

Multiple Choice

True or false: The Avengers fits in both the superhero genre and the action/adventure genre

• True

• False

SCIENCE FICTION

A genre of fiction about the consequence of imagined
inventions in science or technology. These stories take place in
the future.

Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre that includes magical elements. Characters might have magical
abilities. Stories take place in imaginary worlds that are different from the world we
live in.

Match

Match the following

• Fantasy

• Science Fiction

• Genre

Has magic, monsters, and takes place in a world different from our own

Has new technology and takes place in the future

Categories for stories

• Has magic, monsters, and takes place in a world different from our own

• Has new technology and takes place in the future

• Categories for stories

Horror

Horror is a scary story genre. Horror
stories are meant to shock and scare
the audience as they watch.

One popular way to scare people is
the “jump scare” like when a monster
is behind a door and jumps out. This
makes the audience jump in their
seat.

Comedy

Comedies are funny stories. Comedies are made to make people laugh and have
fun.

Anime

Anime is a style of animation. It is a style that started in Japan. It draws on a style
that began in the 1960s with Osamu Tezuka. Because Anime is a style of drawing
it can overlap with other genres. So you can have anime that is also a comedy or
fantasy anime.

Match

Match the following

Comedy

Fantasy

Horror

Anime

Mystery

• Comedy

• Fantasy

• Horror

• Anime

• Mystery

Open Ended

Do you have a favorite movie / tv / video game / book?

Osamu Tezuka

Osamu Tezuka started making comics that
looked different from what anyone had ever
made before. Tezuka had a unique way of
drawing that became very popular. Tezuka is
considered the “Father of Manga”. Tezuka’s
style of drawing was so popular that many
people started copying his style and making
their own manga.

Manga

Manga is very similar to a comic. It is a way to tell stories using drawings and
writing. It began in the 19th century. Manga looks very different today than how it
started.

Multiple Choice

What word best describes manga?

• Comic

• Newspaper

• Dictionary

Match

Match the story with its genre

Comedy

Fantasy

Science Fiction

Anime

Superhero

• Comedy

• Fantasy

• Science Fiction

• Anime

• Superhero