Genre Study

What is a genre?

• A book

• The category or type

• What DNA is made of

• A type of pants

In a book that is fantasy...

• The story could really happen

• The author tells information about someone's life

• Stories cannot happen in the real world

• The author gives information in a story

What genre is this book?

• Biography

• Fantasy

• Informational

• Narrative non-fiction

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

In a narrative non-fiction book...

• The author tells true information in a story

• The author gives information about how to do something

• The author makes up a story that could really happen

• The author gives information about a topic

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

What text provides facts about a variety of topics?

• Realistic Fiction

• Biography

• Informational

• Mystery

What is a story of a real person's life written by another person?

• Biography

• Autobiography

• Historical Fiction

• Poetry

Fever 1793 is based on a time when a sickness, known as Yellow Fever that had taken place in Philadelphia during 1793. What genre is this book an example of?

• Biography

• Realistic Fiction

• Science Fiction

• Historical Fiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What is a story using made-up characters and events, but it could really happen?

• Fiction

• Realistic Fiction

• Non Fiction

• Historical Fiction

What is a nonfiction piece?

• Writing that is true.

• Writing that is not true

• Writing that has some true and non true information.

What is a story that is made-up story that takes place in a particular time in the past; the setting may be real, or the characters may be based on real people?

• Historical Fiction

• Realistic Fiction

• Fantasy

• Humor