Genre Specific Characteristics

What genre has a plot and characters that could really happen in life?

• Mystery

• Non-Fiction

• Historical Fiction

• Realistic Fiction

Stories with magic, monsters, superpowers, or other things that do not exist in reality.

• Fantasy

• Realistic Fiction

• Expository

• Science Fiction

Fictional stories based on or around important people or events from the past.

• Realistic Fiction

• Historical Fiction

• Fantasy

• Science Fiction

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Stories with aliens, advanced technology, or futuristic weapons.

• Fantasy

• Realistic Fiction

• Science Fiction

• Informational Text

Which genre is set in the present, and features characters who are just like real people?

• Fantasy

• Science Fiction

• Historical Fiction

• Realistic Fiction

Usually a good vs. evil story set in a magical, imaginary world​ ​ (a)  

• Fantasy

• Science-Fiction

• Realistic Fiction

• Historical Fiction

A book about the Titanic sinking that only includes facts would be considered what genre?

• Expository / Informational Text

• Realistic Fiction

• Historical Fiction

• Biography

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What genre has a suspenseful story with puzzling events?

• Realistic Fiction

• Mystery

• Informational Fiction

• Science Fiction

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"Genre" means:

• category

• story

• author

• character

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

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One thing that is different when comparing memoir to autobiography is that memoirs

• are always about a bad experience.

• might be a story about someone else.

• are shorter that autobiographies.

• have a surprise ending.

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