Book Genres 4th-6th

Which book genre contains unrealistic settings or magic and can involve mythical beings or supernatural forms as part of the plot, theme, or setting?

• Folktale

• Fantasy

• Fable

• Mystery

Which book genre describes and discusses the life of a real person with accurate details from a reliable source?

• Historical Fiction

• Tall Tale

• Myth

• Biography

Which book genre is a story describing the adventure of beings with more than human powers, often explaining mysterious events?

• Myth

• Fantasy

• Realistic Fiction

• Fairytale

Which book genre has a setting that takes place in the past?

• Science Fiction

• Historical Fiction

• Realistic Fiction

• Legend

Which book genre is explained as the expression of feeling and ideas by the use of style and rhythm? Can have rhyme or repeated words!

• Fairytale

• Fantasy

• Poetry

• Folktale

Which book genre is a short story with animals as characters and coveys a moral or lesson?

• Fable

• Mystery

• Biography

• Historical Fiction

Which book title below does not fit in the genre of Informational (nonfiction)?

• Inside a Bat Cave

• The History of Haunted Hills

• How to Make an Apple Pie

• Aunt Sue's Jolly Day

Which book title below does not belong with the genre Mystery?

• In Search of King Tut's Mummy

• The Case of the Missing Dinosaur

• The Broom's Last Ride

• The Forgotten Clues

Which book title below would not belong in Realistic Fiction?

• Mr. Owl's Party

• My Grandmother's Kitchen

• A Day at the Museum

• Summer and Ryan's Road Trip

Which title below would not belong in the genre Science Fiction?

Hint: Futuristic, Space, Time Travel, etc.

• January 12, 2221

• Milly's Flying Car

• Bluto, The Robotic Dog

• Roasting Marshmallows Over a Bonfire