2. What is GENRE? A game to help you remember the definitions of literary genre.

3. Historical fiction Mystery Science fiction Realistic fiction Informational Biography Autobiography Fairy Tale Tall Tale Fable Legend Myth Verse that uses sounds, rhythm and word choice to convey ideas Nonfiction Nonfiction Fiction Fiction Poetry Poetry Skits, musicals, or plays Folktale Folktale Drama Drama

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5. 1. What are the 5 main categories? Fiction Nonfiction Folktale Drama Poetry

6. 2. What is FICTION? Stories that use characters, settings, and plots to convey events that are not real

7. 3. What are the subgenre of FICTION? Realistic fiction Historical fiction Science fiction Mystery Fantasy

8. 4. What is NONFICTION? Writing that uses real people, settings, and plots to convey actual events

9. 5. What are the subgenres of NONFICTION? Informational Biography Autobiography

10. 6. What does the word “folktale” mean? An exaggerated story that has been shared over generations by word of mouth to convey a tradition

11. 7. What are the subgenres of FOLKTALE? Fairy tales Tall tales Fables Legends Myths

12. 8. What is DRAMA? Skits, musicals,, or plays that use language, song, or dance to convey messages

13. 9. What is POETRY? Verse that uses sounds, rhythm, and word choice to convey ideas

14. 10. What is “fiction that is set in the past?” Historical fiction

15. 11. What is “folktale that is usually humorous and usually assumed to be untrue?” Tall tales

16. 12. What is “nonfiction that is informational writing about real people?” Biography

17. 13. What is “fiction that includes secrets or crimes to be solved?” Mystery

18. 14. What is “folktale that is based on a real person or event?” Legends

19. 15. What is “folktale that usually includes magical elements?” Fairy tales

20. 16. What is “fiction that deals with science or technology?” Science fiction

21. 17. What is “nonfiction that is a biography of a person written by himself or herself?” Autobiography

22. 18. What is “folktale that is considered sacred and that attempts to explain how things came to be?” Myths

23. 19. What is “highly imaginative fiction that uses strange or unusual characters, setting and plot?” Fantasy

24. 20. What is “folktale that teaches a moral or lesson, often including animals as characters?” Fables

25. Historical fiction Mystery Science fiction Realistic fiction Informational Biography Autobiography Fairy Tale Tall Tale Fable Legend Myth Verse that uses sounds, rhythm and word choice to convey ideas Nonfiction Nonfiction Fiction Fiction Poetry Poetry Skits, musicals, or plays Folktale Folktale Drama Drama