1. Genres

2. Genre means a type of writing

3. Fiction books tell stories

4. Non-Fiction books give information

5. Fantasy books tell stories that can not happen.

6. Mystery books tell a story that make us think about what happened.

7. Biography books tell us about a person

8. Poetry books are full of poems

9. Which type of book is this? Why? mystery fantasy biography poetry nonfiction

10. Which type of book is this? Why? mystery fantasy biography poetry nonfiction

11. Which type of book is this? Why? mystery fantasy biography poetry nonfiction

12. Which type of book is this? Why? mystery fantasy biography poetry nonfiction

13. Which type of book is this? Why? mystery fantasy biography poetry nonfiction

14. Will I read a mystery or nonfiction to find information?

15. Will I read a poem or a biography to find things out about a person’s life?

16. Will I read a fantasy or nonfiction if I want to be entertained?

17. Quiz Questions

18. Can you use an encyclopedia to find information?

19. Yes, you can.

20. Is a fantasy a true story?

21. No. Fantasy stories are about characters that are not real.

22. Will you read a biography to find out about a person’s life?

23. Yes. Biography books tell us about a person

24. Do you read facts or stories in an encyclopedia?

25. You read facts.

26. Which genre often has rhyming words?

27. Poetry. There are often rhyming words in poems.

28. Is a biography make-believe?

29. No. A biography is about a real person.

30. What do you call books about people’s lives?

31. Biographies are books about people’s lives.

32. What do you call books that give information?

33. Books that give information are called nonfiction books.

34. What is your favorite kind of book?