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What is traditional literature?

stories passed down orally throughout history (fables, tall tales, fairy tales, legends, etc)

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What is mystery?

a fictional story with a solution of a crime or unraveling of secrets

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What is poetry?

verses and stanzas that often evoke feelings and emotions, sometimes written using rhythm and rhyme

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heart

Other team wins 25 points!

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magnet

Take 25 points!

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shark

Other team loses 10 points!

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banana

Go to last place!

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Identify the Genre: When the automated security system on Space Station Orion malfunctions, 13-year-old Jax and his robotic canine companion must navigate the outer decks to reach the main computer core and reboot the oxygen

Science fiction

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What is informational nonfiction?

texts that include facts and information about real life topics (nonfiction picture books, nonfiction text features and structures)

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What is science fiction?

fictional stories about science, the future, and technology (Star Wars)

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lifesaver

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seesaw

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shark

Other team loses 15 points!

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banana

Go to last place!

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Identify the genre: Mezderella must master her final at her school of Witchcraft and Wizards in order to become the most famous witch of all time.

Fantasy

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What is a biography?

a text someone writes to give factual information about someone else's life (third person POV)

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What is fantasy?

a fictional story that has strange or worldly settings or characters (magic, talking animals, flying broomsticks)

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What is realistic fiction?

a story that can actually happen and is true to real life

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Identify the genre: After her favorite prized neighborhood cat vanishes from her apartment building, seventh-grader Leo gathers footprints, fingerprints, and strange tire tracks left near the alley

mystery

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