Name Genres

What’s the Genre?

DIRECTIONS: Match each the description of each book to the correct genre.

A. folk tale B. fairy tale C. science fiction D. mystery

E. dystopian F. romance G. biography H. poetry

1. The true story of the life of New York’s first mayor is told by his great grandson.

2. A man and woman experience instant attraction, but they are opposing counsel in an
important lawsuit.

3. A princess must be kind to a frog who has retrieved her golden ball from a pond.

4. The collective is more important than the individual, and all apartments are made of glass.

5. A clever hare outsmarts an antelope.

6. Robots are everywhere; people are even marrying them.

7. A down-on-his-luck detective must find a serial killer or get kicked off the force.

8. A slim volume of sonnets by William Shakespeare.

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