Genre Review

All writing falls into a category or _______.

• topic

• genre

• illustration

• heading

Choose all the subgenres of Fiction

• historical fiction

• biography

• realistic fiction

• mystery

A play or script is what genre?

• mystery

• folklore

• drama

• nonfiction

A person's life story written by another person

• autobiography

• drama

• persuasive writing

• biography

The latin root word "bio" means ____.

• life

• writing

• self

• stars

A short story with personified animals and a moral

• myth

• tall tale

• fable

• fairytale

A short story with personified animals and a moral

• myth

• tall tale

• fable

• fairytale

Contains magic, talking animals, main character is often a human.

• drama

• mystery

• fable

• fairytale

This genre is written about a REAL person that wrote it themselves. (Ex: Mx. Ulloa wrote a book Mx. Ulloa)

• Realistic Fiction

• Mystery

• Biography

• Autobiography

A subgenre of folklore set in the wild, wild west. Contains humorous exaggeration.

• fable

• tall tale

• legend

• fantasy