Genre Review

What is genre?

• A character trait

• The main point of a story

• The way we sort what we read

• The different titles of books

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Stories with magic, monsters, or superpowers are

• folklore

• fantasy

• fables

• historical fiction

Stories that could actually happen but didn't are

• nonfiction

• fables

• realistic fiction

• science fiction

A story that includes elements that are not possible such as talking animals or magical powers.

• Science Fiction

• Autobiography

• Fantasy

• Poetry

How does knowing a book's genre make reading easier?

• Books are shorter

• You can skip parts of the book

• You can predict what might happen in the book

• You know how it ends

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A genre of reading that contains myths, legends, tall tales, fairy tales, folktales, and fables

• traditional literature
• fiction
• fantasy
• literary nonfiction

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A fairytale can have all of the following parts EXCEPT...

• magical setting, characters, and events
• talking animals
• realistic characters, events, and setting
• good vs. evil

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Tall tales include what from the following?

• characters have superhuman abilities
• animals that talk
• have a basis in fact
• explain natural phenomena

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Normally fables have _________ as characters in the story.

• children
• bugs
• animals
• teachers

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What is the moral (lesson) of The Tortoise and The Hare?

• Don’t be greedy
• Always tell the truth
• Slow and steady wins the race
• be kind to others

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