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Genres
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Realistic Fiction | A made-up story with characters, settings, and events that could happen in real life. |
| Historical Fiction | A made-up story set during a real time or event in history and containing historically accurate details. |
| Fantasy | A made-up story containing events, characters, settings, or powers that could not happen in real life. |
| Humor | A story written mainly to entertain the reader by being funny or amusing. |
| Poetry | Writing arranged in lines or stanzas that may use rhythm, rhyme, imagery, repetition, or figurative language. |
| Drama/Play | A story written to be performed by actors and containing dialogue, characters, scenes, and stage directions. |
| Biography | A true account of a person's life written by someone else. |
| Autobiography | A true account of a person's life written by that person. |
| Folklore | Traditional stories, beliefs, or legends passed from generation to generation. |
| Tall Tale | An exaggerated story about a larger-than-life character who performs amazing or impossible actions. |
| Fable | A short story that teaches a lesson or moral, often using animals that behave like people. |
| Fairy Tale | A traditional fantasy story that often includes magic, imaginary creatures, royalty, or impossible events. |
| Informational Nonfiction | Factual writing whose main purpose is to teach, explain, or provide information about a topic. |
| Literary Nonfiction | True information or events presented using storytelling techniques such as characters, setting, description, and sequence. |
| A scientist writes about her own childhood and explains how she became interested in studying animals. | Autobiography |
| A boy discovers that the old tree behind his house can talk and transport him to other worlds. | Fantasy |
| A passage explains the three states of matter and describes how particles behave in solids, liquids, and gases. | Informational Nonfiction |
| A proud fox refuses to listen to the other animals and learns an important lesson about humility. | Fable |
| A fictional child lives in Jamestown in 1607 and experiences problems faced by the actual English settlers. | Historical Fiction |
| A piece of writing uses short lines, imagery, repetition, and rhythm to describe a thunderstorm. | Poetry |
| A girl moves to a new school and struggles to make friends until she joins the school soccer team. | Realistic Fiction |
| A woodsman is so strong that one swing of his ax supposedly creates an entire river. | Tall Tale |
| A writer describes a real expedition to Antarctica using true events but includes vivid descriptions, dialogue, and suspense. | Literary Nonfiction |
| A princess receives an enchanted key from a talking bird and uses it to enter a magical kingdom. | Fairy Tale |
| A book tells the true story of Neil Armstrong's life from childhood through his historic walk on the Moon. | Biography |
| A short story tells about a student whose attempt to secretly eat candy in class goes hilariously wrong. | Humor |
| A traditional story has been told for generations to explain why a certain mountain has its unusual shape. | Folklore |
| A script lists the characters at the beginning and tells actors when to enter, exit, and speak. | Drama/Play |
| A passage explains how hurricanes form and includes facts about wind speed, air pressure, and ocean temperature. | Informational Nonfiction |
| A girl discovers that she can become invisible whenever she sneezes. | Fantasy |
| A famous athlete writes about their own childhood, challenges, career, and accomplishments. | Autobiography |
| Two fifth graders disagree about a science project but eventually learn how to work together. | Realistic Fiction |
| A talking turtle tricks a boastful rabbit, and the story ends with a lesson about thinking before acting. | Fable |
| A twelve-year-old living in Virginia during the Civil War helps his family while real battles take place nearby. | Historical Fiction |
| A text contains character names followed by dialogue and directions such as “[Carlos walks slowly across the stage.]” | Drama/Play |
| An author tells the true story of a family's experience surviving a major hurricane using vivid descriptions and a story-like sequence. | Literary Nonfiction |
| A traditional story tells of magical creatures and strange events that people in a community have shared for generations. | Folklore |
| A clumsy student accidentally brings his dog's lunch to school instead of his own, leading to a series of funny problems. | Humor |
| A piece of writing is divided into stanzas and compares falling snowflakes to tiny white feathers. | Poetry |
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