Genre Basics

What are the two main types of genre?

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Which two of these genres are nonfiction?

• realistic

• informational

• narrative

• science fiction

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CCSS.RI.6.5

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List three (3) of the seven (7) fiction sub-genres.

Stories in the fantasy genre ...

• could actually happen

• are completely made up

Poetry is a genre that uses _____ language.

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CCSS.RL.7.5

Historical fiction has a real _________ but made up characters.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

Reading a mystery is like solving a ________

Stories that are told from one generation to the next are which genre?

• historical fiction

• traditional literature

• fantasy

• realistic fiction

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CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.4.9

Which genre focuses on technology and science?

• fantasy

• science fiction

• mystery

Books with talking animals would be considered this genre...

• fantasy

• realistic

• informational