Genre and Subgenre

Define literary genre

• a category of literature

• a subcategory of movies

• mystery

• autobiography

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Define subgenre.

• a broad and general category

• fiction

• a more specific category

• nonfiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is fiction? Choose 2

• A genre of literature

• Writing that is imaginative and made up by the author

• Writing that is factual and based on real events and people

• A subgenre

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What is nonfiction?

• A genre of literature

• Writing that is imaginative and made up by the author

• Writing that is factual and based on real events and people

• A subgenre

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which are subgenres on fiction? Choose 3

• mystery

• autobiography

• realistic fiction

• fantasy

Made up stories that could be true and are set in modern times.

• historical fiction

• realistic fiction

• mystery

• biography

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Made up stories that revolve around real history and are usually set in the past.

• historical fiction

• realistic fiction

• mystery

• biography

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Made up stories that involve a mysterious event that needs to be solved

• historical fiction

• realistic fiction

• mystery

• biography

A true and factual telling of a person's life written by someone else

• historical fiction

• realistic fiction

• mystery

• biography

Text that provides factual information about a topic

• science fiction

• fantasy

• informational text

• persuasive text

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5