ELA Review

Name that Genre!

• realistic fiction

• fantasy

• biography

• historical fiction

What genre of book is this?

(Discusses the childhood, schooling, role in the civil rights movement, and family life of Rosa Parks.)

• Biography

• Tall Tale

• Historical Fiction

• Autobiography

What genre of book is this?

(When his older brother gets in serious trouble, sixth-grader Clay decides to change his own mischief-making ways.)

• Realistic Fiction

• Biography

• Fantasy

• Fable

This book is ...

• Fiction

• Non-fiction

What genre am I?

• Drama

• Poetry

• Fiction

• Informational

Answer explanation

The purpose of reading a Drama is to perform the Drama. The actors will follow instrctions, read the dialogue, and act out scenes.

What genre am I?

• Arguementive

• Fiction

• Drama

• Informational

Answer explanation

Infomational text give the reader information to gather or learn. The author will use text features like heading, images, graphs, and table to give out information.

What genre am I?

• Drama

• Informational

• Fiction

• Arguementive

Answer explanation

The purpose of fictional stories are to entertain the reader. They have a setting, plot, and usually have a theme/lesson learned. Don't forget PIE = is the author trying to Persuade you? is the author trying to Inform you? or is the author trying to Entertain you?

What genre am I?

• Poetry

• Arguementative

• Drama

• Fiction

Answer explanation

Poetry ask the reader to create mental images. Usually the reader is trying to create a picture inside their head while reading. The picture you create in your head might have a lot of emotions such as happiness, joy, sadness, anger, and excitement.

This genre uses the I (for information) in author's purpose (also known as PIE).

What genre am I?

• Drama

• Informational

• Arguementive

• Poetry

Answer explanation

The Author's Purpose for creating an Informational story is to Inform the reader (I in PIE). The reader will use images, drawings, maps, tables, graphs, headings/subheadings, bullets, and bold font to help them gather all the information in a story. Infomational stories are FILLED with FACTS, like dates, years, and time.

This genre uses the E (for entertainment) in author's purpose (also known as PIE).

What genre am I?

• Informational

• Fiction

Answer explanation

The author's purpose for creating a Fictional story is to Entertain the reader (using the E in PIE). Usually the reader will find themselves enjoying the story they read, enjoying the characters, and learning a lesson at the end of the story.