Literary genres 1

Which genre has monsters, talking animals, magic, or other super-natural elements.

• realistic fiction
• science fiction
• fantasy
• historical fiction

Which genre tells a story that has events that could happen in real life?

• realistic fiction
• science fiction
• fantasy
• historical fiction

Which genre tells a story that takes place in the past and includes real people or events.

• realistic fiction
• science fiction
• fantasy
• historical fiction

Which genre includes advanced technology and/or aliens and often takes place in the future?

• realistic fiction
• science fiction
• fantasy
• historical fiction

Cleopatra in Space #1: Target Practice

When a mysterious tablet zaps her into the future, Cleo learns it's her destiny to save the galaxy.What genre is this?

• realistic fiction

• science fiction

• fantasy

• historical fiction

Harry Houdini by Charles Ryan

A short, illustrated book about Harry Houdini, the great escape artist

• autobiography

• biography

• informational

• persuasive

A lesson taught by a literary work.  Part of a fable.

• legend
• moral
• drama
• character

Text the uses rhythm and will sometimes rhyme.  

• Fiction
• Literary nonfiction
• Poetry

A literary genre may fall under either one of two categories. They are:

Genres are then further divided into subgenres. Literature is subdivided into the classic three forms of Ancient Greece,