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Genres of Literature Answer Key

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Tell Me a Story
#1 A fictional story based on a time, event, or series of events that have taken place in history historical fiction
#2 Stories involving actual or future scientific phenomena science fiction
#3 Stories with characters who try to solve an unexplained event mystery
#4 Stories with characters who take part in activities that could really happen in the real world realistic fiction
#5 Stories often based on beliefs and customs that were originally told, rather than written folktales
Nothing But the Truth
#1 A piece of writing that is true Nonfiction
#2 Information sources such as encyclopedias, yearbooks, directories, and atlases reference
#3 A book or article that that explains a specific topic. information
#4 A daily or weekly publication of current events newspaper
#5 Records of historical events, such as the U.S. Constitution historical documents
Use Your Imagination
#1 Words arranged in metrical pattern often using rhymed verse in an imaginative style poetry
#2 Invented stories with imaginary characters and events fiction
#3 Stories set in make-believe worlds, often with non-human characters and/or magic fantasy/fairy tales
#4 Fictional stories that often attempt to explain why things are the way they are now myths/legends
#5 Short moral stories that try to teach a lesson; often have animals as its characters fables
Tell me 'Y'
#1 A story for stage performance by actors play (drama)
#2 Stories designed to arouse our curiosity mystery
#3 A person's life story written by another person biography
#4 A piece of writing that a person writes about his/her own life autobiography
#5 A short piece of writing on a single subject, usually presenting the personal view of the author essay (editorial)
Clue, Details, Examples
#1 Couplets, cinquains, haiku poetry
#2 Autobiographies, biographies, essays, newspapers nonfiction
#3 Popular themes are outer space and technology science fiction
#4 Might explain why the sky is blue through an interesting story myths/legends
#5 Usually written in first person autobiography
Final Question
The word used to describe the many types of writing that there are Genre