Genre Study

Which genre often involves a crime or puzzling event?

Which genre has magical & supernatural elements?

Fiction or Nonfiction? Historical Fiction

Which genre usually has a detective that follows clues to solve an unexplained event?

Fiction or Nonfiction? Autobiography

Fiction or Nonfiction? Adventure

Which genre is fast-paced and tense with characters in dangerous situations?

Fiction or Nonfiction? Fantasy

Fiction or Nonfiction? Mystery

Fiction or Nonfiction? Biography

Which genre can either be single, collections, or told in a narrative style like a story?

Which genre is written in lines & stanzas rather than sentences & paragraphs?

Which genre is made-up BUT all parts (characters, events, locations) are believable?

Which genre shares facts or explains how things work?

Fiction or Nonfiction? Realistic Fiction

Which genre may involve characters trying to survive in nature or other life-threatening situations?

Which genre is a person's life story written by the person himself/herself?

Which genre focuses on events that happen in the past?

Which genre may have mythical creatures that can talk or fly?

Fiction or Nonfiction? Poetry

Which genre may involve actual historical events, people, or places but it has made-up parts too?

Fiction or Nonfiction? Informational Text