Genre Review

Stories with magic, monsters, and other imaginary elements.

• Mystery

• Fantasy

• Adventure

• Science Fiction

This is a suspenseful story about a puzzling event that is not solved until the end, often with a crime, detective, or secret.

• Adventure

• Fantasy

• Mystery

• Historical Fiction

Writing that presents ideas that are TRUE is called

• Non-Fiction

• Myth

• Mystery

• Fantasy

Star Wars is an example of what genre?

• Historical Fiction

• Realistic Fiction

• Science Fiction

• Informational

True story of a real person’s life from the past or present written by that person.

• Autobiography

• Biography

• Realistic Fiction

• Poetry

This an imagined story that takes place in the past. Often the setting is real, but the characters are made up from the author's imagination.

• Realistic Fiction

• Biography

• Historical Fiction

• Fantasy

This is a story written about events that did not actually happen but could have happened. It usually includes ordinary people in everyday life with struggles and triumphs.

• Non-fiction

• Realistic Fiction

• Fantasy

• Historical Fiction

Read this sentence from a non-fiction text about Eleanor Roosevelt: “Eleanor had the courage to condemn the unfair treatment of others.” Which option states the most likely genre of the text?

• Autobiography

• Humor

• Mystery

• Biography

Does the following book summary sound as though it is for FICTION or NON-FICTION?

Terribly unhappy in his family's crowded New York City apartment, Sam Gribley runs away to the solitude-and danger-of the mountains, where he finds a side of himself he never knew.

• Fiction

• Non-Fiction

What kind of genre would include princess, princes, and knights? This genre could include the story Hansel and Gretel.

• Traditional Literature/ Fairy Tale

• Mystery

• Fantasy

• Informational