Genre Practice

Which plot is from a fantasy genre?

• a princess must escape from an evil dragon’s castle
• citizens have just learned that a giant meteoroid has wiped out the eastern seaboard
• a young boy finds his lost dog by placing an ad in a local paper
• a person learns a lesson by the actions of an animal in a story

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.9

In the dark laboratory there was a dish of a glowing green substance sitting on the shelf in the refrigerator. The door opened and the scientist slowly walked toward the refrigerator. As he opened the heavy stainless steel door he was blinded by the light and transported to another time and place along with the mysterious green alien slime.

The genre of this piece is most likely:

• historical fiction

• science fiction

• realistic fiction

• nonfiction

This genre is divided into stanzas.

• nonfiction
• essay
• poetry
• drama

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CCSS.RL.5.5

Most stories fall into this genre, which means that the text is made-up or a product of the imagination

• Fiction
• Nonfiction
• Poetry
• Drama/Play

Writing that is “true,” factual, informative, or persuasive.

• nonfiction
• fiction
• poetry
• drama/play

Stories that could actually happen but didn’t. 

• historical fiction
• realistic fiction
• fantasy fiction
• biography

Very short stories sometimes with animals and a moral/lesson at the end.

• tall tale

• fairy tale

• folktale/fable

• fantasy

When someone writes their own life story, it falls into this genre.

• biography
• autobiography
• historical fiction
• realistic fiction

"The Rising" by a novel by Lindsay Logan: When Sheila moves to a new school in California, she has some trouble fitting in with the other kids.She cannot afford the expensive clothing that the other kids wear and she does not have the newest cellphone, but she does have a good heart. Will a chance run-in with a celebrity whom Sheila admires give Sheila the confidence she needs to adapt to her new environment. What type of genre?

• realistic fiction

• biography

• autobiography

• fantasy fiction

Fever 1793 is based on a real time in history when a sickness, known as Yellow Fever that had taken place in Philadelphia during 1793. The fictional character lives in Philadelphia and her family is trying to escape the plague. What genre is this book an example of?

• Biography

• Realistic Fiction

• Science Fiction

• Historical Fiction