Genre Lessons

My brother Orville and I grew up in Dayton, Ohio. We were always interested in mechanical things, long before we built the first motor-driven plane.
If an author wrote this, you would most likely find it

• in a biography
• in an autobiography
• in an encyclopedia
• in a dictionary

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Which plot is from a fantasy genre?

• a princess must escape from an evil dragon’s castle
• citizens have just learned that a giant meteoroid has wiped out the eastern seaboard
• a young boy finds his lost dog by placing an ad in a local paper
• a person learns a lesson by the actions of an animal in a story

In the dark laboratory there was a dish of a glowing green substance sitting on the shelf in the refrigerator. The door opened and the scientist slowly walked toward the refrigerator. As he opened the heavy stainless steel door he was blinded by the light and transported to another time and place.
The genre of this piece is most likely:

• historical fiction
• science fiction
• realistic fiction
• nonfiction 

Once upon a time there was a small girl named Druid. She lived in the forest with many beautiful plants and animals. One day the queen sent for her and asked her to come to the palace on the hill.

The genre of this piece is most likely:

• essay
• fairy tale
• fable
• poetry

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Which of the following characters would least likely appear in a fantasy story?

• talking tree
• unicorn
• scientist
• magician

This genre is divided into stanzas.

• nonfiction
• essay
• poetry
• drama

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

A frog is an amphibian. It spends part of its life in the water. It spends the other part on land.

This text likely came from

• nonfiction
• poetry
• drama
• fiction

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

(Two kids are playing in the sandbox.)

Lucy: Where is the other shovel? I want to make my sandcastle.

Marty: (looking down, burying a penny) I buried it.

This text is an example of

• nonfiction
• poetry
• essay
• drama

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The Life of George Washington by Abraham Lincoln is an example of

• a biography
• an autobiography
• a poem
• drama

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Haikus, Limericks, Ballads, and Free Verse are all examples of 

• dramas
• realistic fiction
• poetry
• essays

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5