1. GENRE What kind of music do you like? Pop Classical Rap Jazz Rock Heavy Metal

2. GENRE What kind of books do you like? Realistic Fiction Historical Fiction Fantasy Mystery Science Fiction Poetry Informational Biography

3. GENRE What does genre mean? Type or kind of literature

4. FICTION A made up story that is meant to be entertaining; the characters can be like real people or have pretend qualities

5. REALISTIC FICTION A story that uses fictional characters, but it could really happen

6. REALISTIC FICTION

7. HISTORICAL FICTION A story that takes place in a specific time period; often the setting is a real place in the past, but the characters are made up

8. HISTORICAL FICTION

9. FANTASY A story that is not possible and may include talking animals or magic

10. FANTASY

11. MYSTERY A story about a puzzling event that is not solved until the end

12. MYSTERY

13. SCIENCE FICTION A type of fantasy that uses science and technology—like robots, time travel, and futuristic machines

14. SCIENCE FICTION

15. POETRY Verse written to inspire the reader; it often uses rhythm and rhyme

16. POETRY

17. NONFICTION If fiction means made up or pretend, what does nonfiction mean? A set of facts about real people, places, or ideas that are meant to be informational

18. Texts that provide facts about a variety of topics INFORMATIONAL

20. BIOGRAPHY The story of a person’s life that has been written by another person What’s an autobiography?

21. BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY