Genres and Subgenres of Literature

What genre is the story A World Away?

• realistic fiction

• science fiction

• historical fiction

• folktale

Which genre includes mysteries, romances, and adventure stories?

• science fiction

• folktales

• fantasy

• realistic fiction

True or False: Some stories can "crossover" and contain elements of more than one genre.

• True

• False

What subgenre of folktale is the story Arachne's Web?

• fairy tale

• myth

• fable

• legend

Which genre of fiction includes the sub-genres of myths, fables, fairy tales, legends, and tall tales?

• folktales

• fantasy

• historical fiction

• science fiction

Which genre of fiction is ALWAYS set in the past?

• fantasy

• historical fiction

• realistic fiction

• science fiction

Which information below IS evidence of the genre of Arachne's Web?

• The story takes place in a village.

• Two of the characters compete in a weaving/spinning contest.

• The character Minerva disguises herself as an old woman.

• Arachne's punishment helps explain why spiders weave/spin webs.

Which information below IS evidence of the genre of A World Away?

• The story begins at the 2018 World's Fair.

• The main character, Hallie, is excited.

• A woman is selling fresh squeezed lemonade.

• The main character, Hallie, appears to have traveled back in time to the previous century.

What subgenre of folktale is the story, Maui?

• myth

• fable

• fairy tale

• tall tale

Which type of literature features made up stories from an author's imagination?

• nonfiction

• fiction

• poetry

• none of these