Genre and Subgenre

Multiple Choice

Whitch subgenre explains how things are done?

• autobiography

• biography

• informational

• persuasive

Multiple Choice

What type of subgenre is writing that is about someone's life written by someone else?

• biography

• autobiography

• informational

• persuasive

Multiple Choice

What subgenre is writing that tries to convince someone to do something

• biography

• autobiography

• informational

• persuasive

Multiple Choice

What type of writing is a story about someone's life written by oneself?

• biography

• autobiography

• informational

• persuasive

Multiple Choice

What subgenre of fiction has aliens, robots, and futuristic technology?

• historical fiction

• science fiction

• realistic fiction

• fantasy

Multiple Choice

What subgenre of fiction has monsters, magic, or characters with superpowers?

• historical fiction

• science fiction

• realistic fiction

• fantasy

Multiple Choice

What subgenre of fiction is set in the past and is based on real people or events?

• historical fiction

• science fiction

• realistic fiction

• fantasy

Multiple Choice

What subgenre of fiction has no elements of fantasy but could be real.

• historical fiction

• science fiction

• realistic fiction

• fantasy

Multiple Choice

True or False: Folklore is a genre that has a known author.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What subgenre of Folklore is short and has talking animals and tells a moral or life lesson?

• fairytale

• tall tale

• myth

• fable

• legend

Multiple Choice

What subgenre of folklore deals with gods and goddesses and usually accounts for the creation of something?

• fairy tale

• tall tale

• myth

• fable

• legend

Multiple Choice

What subgenre of folklore is set in the Wild West, the American Frontier, and characters strength or size is greatly exaggerated.

• fairy tale

• tall tale

• myth

• fable

• legend

Multiple Choice

What subgenre of folklore is based on a real person or places but facts are stretched or exaggerated beyond nonfiction (truth) and the exaggeration is done in a serious way?

• fairy tale

• tall tale

• myth

• fable

• legend

Multiple Choice

What subgenre of folklore has magic or talking animals, has a human main character, that often begins with "Once Upon a Time"?

• fairy tale

• tall tale

• myth

• fable

• legend

Multiple Choice

True or False:

Drama is written in narrative form not script form.

• True

• False

Fill in the Blank

The two forms of drama are _____________ and tragedy.

Multiple Choice

Which subgenre of drama deals with sadness and death?

• Comedy

• Tragedy

Multiple Choice

“Dogs and Cats” by Bob Brady

A five paragraph essay where the student Bob Brady compares and contrasts dogs and cats.  He provides a lot of information about both.

What is the genre of "Dogs and Cats" by Bob Brady?

• fiction

• nonfiction

• folklore

• drama

• poetry

Multiple Choice

“Dogs and Cats” by Bob Brady

A five paragraph essay where the student Bob Brady compares and contrasts dogs and cats.  He provides a lot of information about both.

What subgenre of nonfiction is this an example of?

• biography

• autobiography

• informative

• persuasive

Multiple Choice

Your Science Textbook

Your science textbook contains much of the human knowledge of Earth and the universe.

What is the genre

• fiction

• nonfiction

• folklore

• drama

• poetry

Multiple Choice

Your Science Textbook

Your science textbook contains much of the human knowledge of Earth and the universe.

What SUBGENRE OF NONFICTION is this an example of?

• autobiography

• biography

• informative

• persuasive

Multiple Choice

In My Own Words by Eva Perón 

Eva Perón writes the story of her life from childhood to her rise in political power in Argentina.  

What is the genre?

• fiction

• nonfiction

• folklore

• drama

• legend

Multiple Choice

In My Own Words by Eva Perón 

Eva Perón writes the story of her life from childhood to her rise in political power in Argentina.  

What SUBGENRE of nonfiction is this an example of?

• biography

• autobiography

• informative

• persuasive

Multiple Choice

They Came from the Sun by Tom Mitchell

The story of a race of aliens that come to enslave the residents of Earth with their advanced weaponry.  Only one teacher can stop them, but is it too late?

What genre is this?

• fiction

• nonfiction

• folklore

• drama

• poetry

Multiple Choice

They Came from the Sun by Tom Mitchell

The story of a race of aliens that come to enslave the residents of Earth with their advanced weaponry.  Only one teacher can stop them, but is it too late?

What subgenre of FICTION is this an example of?

• fantasy

• science fiction

• realistic fiction

• historical fiction

Multiple Choice

“The Ant & The Grasshopper” Adapted by Chad Peplum

The really short story of an Ant who works hard all summer to prepare for winter and a Grasshopper who just plays.  Winter comes and the Grasshopper freezes to death.  The moral is “prepare today for tomorrow’s needs.”

What genre is this an example of?

• ficiton

• nonfiction

• follklore

• drama

• poetry

Multiple Choice

“The Ant & The Grasshopper” Adapted by Chad Peplum

The really short story of an Ant who works hard all summer to prepare for winter and a Grasshopper who just plays.  Winter comes and the Grasshopper freezes to death.  The moral is “prepare today for tomorrow’s needs.”

What subgenre of folklore is this an example of?

• fairy tale

• tall tale

• myth

• fable

• legend

Multiple Choice

The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis

It is the fictional story of an African American family living in Flint, Michigan who go to their grandmother's home in Birmingham, Alabama in the year 1963. The story is told around the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, an actual event in history. 

What genre is this an example of?

• fiction

• nonfiction

• folklore

• drama

• poetry

Multiple Choice

The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis

It is the fictional story of an African American family living in Flint, Michigan who go to their grandmother's home in Birmingham, Alabama in the year 1963. The story is told around the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, an actual event in history. 

What SUBGENRE OF FICTION is this an example of?

• fantasy

• science fiction

• fantasy

• historical fiction

Multiple Choice

“Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind” retold by Tom Cranes

Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind was the toughest girl in the wild West. Right when she was born, she looked up and said, "Hello! I'm Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind! And I am amazing!" She once made a lasso out of live rattlesnakes, and then she caught a tornado with that lasso.  

What genre is this an example of?

• fiction

• nonfiction

• folklore

• drama

• poetry

Multiple Choice

“Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind” retold by Tom Cranes

Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind was the toughest girl in the wild West. Right when she was born, she looked up and said, "Hello! I'm Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind! And I am amazing!" She once made a lasso out of live rattlesnakes, and then she caught a tornado with that lasso.  

What SUBGENRE OF fOLKLORE is this an example of?

• fairy tale

• tall tale

• myth

• fable

• legend

Multiple Choice

“Going, Going ... Green!” By Angela Gaimari 

In this essay, Gaimari tries to convince people to do small things to help the environment.  She gives readers many suggestions on how to live more eco-friendly and asks readers to make the change. 

What is the genre of this example?

• fiction

• nonficiton

• folklore

• drama

• poetry

Multiple Choice

“Going, Going ... Green!” By Angela Gaimari 

In this essay, Gaimari tries to convince people to do small things to help the environment.  She gives readers many suggestions on how to live more eco-friendly and asks readers to make the change. 

What subgenre of nonfiction is this an example of?

• biography

• autobiography

• informational

• persuasive

Multiple Choice

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's  Stone by J.K. Rowling

The first book in the Harry Potter series.  Harry goes to wizard school and becomes a Gryffindor.  He learns to play quidditch, a soccer like game played on flying broomsticks, and he fights an evil within the school with his newfound magic powers. 

What is the genre of this example?

• fiction

• nonfiction

• folklore

• drama

• poetry

Multiple Choice

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's  Stone by J.K. Rowling

The first book in the Harry Potter series.  Harry goes to wizard school and becomes a Gryffindor.  He learns to play quidditch, a soccer like game played on flying broomsticks, and he fights an evil within the school with his newfound magic powers. 

What subgenre of FICTION is this an example of?

• realistic fiction

• science fiction

• historical fiction

• fantasy

Multiple Choice

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

In his first year of middle school, the main character Greg Heffley deals with “cooties,” learning to wrestle, Halloween, acting in the school play, and other problems that many middle school students face.  

What genre is this an example of?

• fiction

• nonfiction

• folklore

• drama

• poetry

Multiple Choice

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

In his first year of middle school, the main character Greg Heffley deals with “cooties,” learning to wrestle, Halloween, acting in the school play, and other problems that many middle school students face.  

What subgenre of FICTION is this an example of?

• historical fiction

• science fiction

• realistic fiction

• fantasy