Genres and Subgenres

You might read about a world in a galaxy far, far away.

• Legend

• Historical Fiction

• Science Fiction

• Folklore

A fictional narrative / story that could happen in real life, but is NOT a true story

• autobiography

• realistic fiction

• legend

• tall tale

A characteristic of a fantasy is

• Events occur that could REALLY happen.

• Events occur that could NOT really happen.

Which genre includes vocabulary like; plot, setting, characters, sensory details, resolution?

• Fiction

• Non-Fiction/Informational

Which genre includes vocabulary like; table of contents, glossary, index, captions?

• Fiction

• Non-fiction/Informational

The characters in Historical Fiction books are:

• All real.

• A combination of real and invented.

• All invented.

Which book doesn't fall under the genre category of non-fiction/informational?

• Titanic

• Who Was Walt Disney?

• The Maze Runner

• Bomb

some rhyming, written in stanzas, verse

• autobiograpphy

• drama

• realistic fiction

• poetry

unanswered questions, clues, suspenseful

• mystery

• drama

• realistic fiction

• historical fiction

takes place in the past, based on an actual event in the past

• science fiction

• realistic fiction

• fantasy

• historical fiction