Genre Wars

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Genre Wars

• By Mrs. Gerber
• Mark Twain Library

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Game Rules

• Class is divided up into 2 teams.
• Each team sends one person up to answer the
  question.
• The first person to answer it correctly gets a
  point for their team.
• If the 1st person to answer is NOT right, the
  other person will get a try to get it right.
• Key words
• Fiction
• Nonfiction
• Genre
• Fantasy
• Science fiction
• Historical fiction
• Realistic fiction
• Mystery
• Adventure
• Humorous
• Fairy Tales
• Fables
• Folk Tales
• Myths/legends

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What is the French word for kind of?

• Fiction
• Non-fiction
• Almanac
• Genre

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Which genre has stories that are based on science
and have characters that travel through time?

• Science Fiction
• Fantasy
• Realistic Fiction
• Historical Fiction

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Which genre typically has good guys and bad guys
and usually has a crime or problem that needs to
be solved?

• Humorous
• Mystery
• Adventure
• Fantasy

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Which genre has stories that are intended to
entertain and that will make you laugh?

• Adventure
• Historical Fiction
• Humorous
• Realistic Fiction

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Which genre has events that cant happen in the
real world and that usually have animals or
things that do people things?

• Historical Fiction
• Fantasy
• Realistic Fiction
• Humorous

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What does fiction mean?

• Books that are real
• Books that are NOT real
• Books that have poems in them
• Books that have facts in them

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The realistic fiction genre has

• A setting that takes place in a real place
• Events that could really happen
• Characters that behave like real people do
• All of the above

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Which genre usually has a threat of danger and is
exciting?

• Adventure
• Fantasy
• Mystery
• Humorous

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What does non-fiction mean?

• Books that are real
• Books that are NOT real
• Book that have NO poems in them
• Books that have NO facts in them

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Which genre has stories that are often based on
historical events and people of that time AND has
a setting that takes place in the past?

• Realistic fiction
• Mystery
• Historical Fiction
• Science Fiction

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An autobiography is

• A story about an animal
• A story about a persons life written by that
  person
• A story about a persons life written by someone
  else
• A story about a sports team

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Which non-fiction genre often has words that
rhyme and lines with rhythm AND uses similes and
metaphors?

• Poetry
• Drama
• Fables
• Folk tales

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Which non-fiction genre has stories that have
been passed down from 1 generation to the next
AND that have characters that are animals that
talk?

• Fairy tales
• Myths
• Folk tales
• Drama

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Fairy tales have

• A setting in the distant past
• Characters that have magical powers
• A happy ending and/or good winning over evil
• All of the above

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Which non-fiction genre is a true story of a
persons life written by someone else?

• Autobiography
• Legends
• Fables
• Biography

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Which genre usually has characters that are
gods/goddesses and may explain why things happen
in nature?

• Myths
• Fables
• Folk tales
• Fairy tales

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Which nonfiction genre has a serious story and is
intended for people to act out or impersonate the
characters?

• Poetry
• Drama
• Fables
• Biography

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Which genre is usually a very short story AND has
2 or 3 characters that are usually animals that
talk and act like humans?

• Fables
• Folk Tales
• Drama
• Myths

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OopsTRY AGAIN!
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Youre right! Add 1 point to your teams total?