Story Elements and Genre

What are the four main categories of genre?

• Comic Books, poetry, fiction, drama

• Poetry, fiction, informational, drama

• Chapter books, poetry, informational, newspapers

• Fiction, drama, historical fiction, poetry

What is fiction?

• Real information

• Stories with real photographs

• A story that comes from the author's imagination

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Select all the characteristics that are true about poetry?

• Poetry always has pictures

• Poetry is written in stanzas

• Poetry can rhyme but does not have to

• Poetry is always about animals

• Poetry usually has figurative language

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Select all the true characteristics about Informational Texts

• They have characters in them.

• They explain true facts and information about topics.

• They contain made-up events.

• Informational Texts contain text features such as a photograph or diagram.

• Informational Texts can also be called Non-Fiction

Select all the correct Fiction sub genres

• Comic Books

• Realistic Fiction

• Magazines

• Historical Fiction

• Fantasy

A folktale is a subgenre of fiction

• True

• False

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Select all the correct examples of story elements:

• Characters

• Weather

• Setting

• Problem/Conflict and Solution

• Title Page

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Major events in a story are:

• The funniest parts of the story.

• Significant moments that help drive the plot.

• The ending of the story.

• The middle of the story.

What is the conflict or problem in a fiction story?

• The setting of the story.

• The challenge that a character has to solve or fix.

• How the character's problem is solved.

• The most important part of the story.

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The setting of the story is:

• Who the story is mostly about.

• Where and when the story takes place.

• A challenge that a character has to solve or fix.

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