Genre Basics

Genres are ________

• characters

• types of stories

• places in stories

• who wrote the story

Describe fiction:

• True events with facts and details

• Made up events with real people

• Made up events with fake characters

• True events with funny details

Describe Informational:

• True events with made up characters

• Made up events with real characters

• True events with facts and details

• Made up events with fake characters

The genre that is made to create imagery and sensory language for readers is called _____.

Which one is NOT a genre?

• Facts

• Fiction

• Informational

• Opinion

What is dialogue?

• the setting

• events that happen

• characters talking

• solution

What is the BEST way to change a readers opinion?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

• Explain

We know the genre of a story by ______

• reading the stroy

• looking at the title

• knowing the characters

• the authors tells us

Illustrations can be a strong hint to the genre of the story.

• True

• False

A fun story with rhyming words, rhythm, and a beat is _____