Genres of Nonfiction

NonFiction Genre

by Tiffany Solod

​Genre Review

​Watch the video to review what Genre is.

Multiple Choice

What are the two major types of genre categories?

• Fiction & Nonfiction

• Drama & Folklore

• Mythology & Folktales

• Poetry & Fiction

​Non-Fiction Genre

​Nonfiction (also spelled non-fiction) is any document or media content that intends, in good faith, to present only truth and accuracy regarding information, events, or people.

Multiple Choice

What language was the word "Genre" derived from?

• Spanish

• Portugese

• French

• English

Multiple Choice

What does "Genre" mean?

• Categories of books.

• A style or a type of something.

• Categories of movies.

• Categories of music.

Multiple Choice

Nonfiction is...

• True

  Factual

• Made up

  Imaginary

Multiple Choice

What are our four subgenres or sub-categories of Nonfiction?

• Poetry, fairy tales, novels, novellas

• essays, articles, diaries, journals

• biography, autobiography, articles, & subject specific nonfiction

• informational, journalism, diaries, newspapers

Multiple Choice

What is a biography?

• A nonfiction piece where someone tells the story about another person's life.

• When you write a story about yourself but you add extra items in that are fake.

• When someone writes a story using a real person but made up events.

• When someone famous writes about their own life.

Multiple Choice

Articles are...

• True

• Written for newspapers & magazines

• Written for encyclopedias & online sources.

• All answers are correct.

Multiple Choice

Articles give facts & descriptions

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Subject Specific books or items can be based on...

• Science, Math, History

• Any subject in the world that has a basis in fact.

• Mythology

• Characters

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