GENRE

Select the word which means the character who tries to prevent other characters from achieving their goals

• hero

• antagonist

• protagonist

• anti-hero

The message about life and human behaviour that an author explores in their writing is known as the

• theme

• plot

• setting

• tenents

A class or category of film, literature or other media is known as a

• genre

• publisher

• author

• studio

A book's genre can tell you

(3 answers)

• what to expect from the plot

• what type of story it is

• the features it might have

• the ages of the characters

Identify the subgenre of the book below by reading description:

Description: Percy Jackson has just discovered that he’s the son of a Greek god. With the help of his friends, a satyr and a daughter of the goddess Athena, he must rescue Zeus’s master lightning bolt while trying to fight off the mythical creatures determined to keep him from succeeding.

• fantasy

• realistic fiction

• historical fiction

• mystery

Identify the subgenre of the book below by reading description:

Description: Greg Heffley has just started middle school.

Everyone is taller than he is, and he is an immediate social outcast. Greg tries to navigate the wrestling team, the school play, and losing his best friend, all in the same school-year.

• fantasy

• historical fiction

• realistic fiction

• mystery

Identify the subgenre of the book below by reading description:

Description: Claudia and Jamie Kincaid decide to run away from home and live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. While living in the museum, they discover a statue that may be a priceless work of art. To answer the riddle of the statue, they must find clues in the home of an eccentric collector.

• fantasy

• mystery

• historical fiction

• realistic fiction

Identify the subgenre of the book below by reading description:

Description:At the beginning of World War II, the Nazis begin to take away the Jews of Copenhagen, Denmark. Annemarie Johansen’s family takes in her best friend, Ellen Rosen, and helps smuggle Ellen and her family to safety in Sweden.

• fantasy

• historical fiction

• mystery

• realistic fiction

Stories that come from the author's imagination are

• nonfiction

• fiction

• poetry

• folklore

Stories that are based on a person or event from history fall into the genre of

• science fiction

• fantasy

• historical fiction

• realistic fiction