Name: _________________________ Date: ________________

Section: ________________________ Subject: ______________ Type of Literature: __________________________________

Types of Literature Worksheet

I. Instructions: Identify the type of literature according to the Name: _________________________ Date: ________________
book title provided below. Write F for Fiction and NF for Section: ________________________ Subject: ______________
Nonfiction.
___ 1. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Types of Literature Worksheet
___ 2. Percy Jackson and the Titan’s Curse I. Instructions: Identify the type of literature according to the
___ 3. The Life and Works of Jose Rizal book title provided below. Write F for Fiction and NF for
___ 4. To Kill a Mockingbird Nonfiction.
___ 5. Robin Williams: The Life of a Comedian, a Biography
___ 1. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
___ 6. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
___ 2. Percy Jackson and the Titan’s Curse
___ 7. Pride and Prejudice
___ 3. The Life and Works of Jose Rizal
___ 8. The Diary of Anne Frank
___ 4. To Kill a Mockingbird
___ 9. The Hunger Games
___ 5. Robin Williams: The Life of a Comedian, a Biography
___ 10. Say Nothing: A True History of Memory and Murder in
___ 6. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Northern Ireland
___ 7. Pride and Prejudice
___ 8. The Diary of Anne Frank
II. Instructions: Read the passages below and identify the type of
___ 9. The Hunger Games
literature they present. Underline the phrases or sentences that
___ 10. Say Nothing: A True History of Memory and Murder in
represent their type of literature.
Northern Ireland
Reading Passage #1: An Excerpt from Behind the Scenes:
Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House by II. Instructions: Read the passages below and identify the type of
Elizabeth Keckley literature they present. Underline the phrases or sentences that
represent their type of literature.
Ever since arriving in Washington, I had a great desire to work Reading Passage #1: An Excerpt from Behind the Scenes:
for the ladies of the White House, and to accomplish this end I Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House by
was ready to make almost any sacrifice consistent with Elizabeth Keckley
propriety. Work came in slowly, and I was beginning to feel
very much embarrassed, for I did not know how I was to meet
Ever since arriving in Washington, I had a great desire to work
the bills staring me in the face. It is true, the bills were small,
for the ladies of the White House, and to accomplish this end I
but then they were formidable to me, who had little or nothing
was ready to make almost any sacrifice consistent with
to pay them with. But little did I know that despite Chile’s
propriety. Work came in slowly, and I was beginning to feel
independence from the colonization of Spain, I would then be
very much embarrassed, for I did not know how I was to meet
held captive by slavery one unfortunate day in February 1818.
the bills staring me in the face. It is true, the bills were small,
but then they were formidable to me, who had little or nothing
Type of Literature: __________________________________ to pay them with. But little did I know that despite Chile’s
independence from the colonization of Spain, I would then be
held captive by slavery one unfortunate day in February 1818.
Reading Passage #2: An Excerpt from Perilous Prophecy by
Leanna Renee Hieber Type of Literature: __________________________________

Ibrahim Wasil stared at the smoldering foundation of his home.

A sudden, violent gust knocked him forward, and a furor rose Reading Passage #2: An Excerpt from Perilous Prophecy by
within him as if a bird loosed from a cage flapped madly at his Leanna Renee Hieber
insides. Ghosts stared back from every few feet; grayscale and
luminous, spirits from Cairo and the specters of nomads, ghosts
Ibrahim Wasil stared at the smoldering foundation of his home.
of all faiths and races, eras and classes. He felt an overwhelming
A sudden, violent gust knocked him forward, and a furor rose
wish to follow each and every one, to understand why they had
within him as if a bird loosed from a cage flapped madly at his
been driven to Cairo’s streets, eternally wandering in and out of
insides. Ghosts stared back from every few feet; grayscale and
shops and homes.
luminous, spirits from Cairo and the specters of nomads, ghosts
of all faiths and races, eras and classes. He felt an overwhelming
Type of Literature: __________________________________ wish to follow each and every one, to understand why they had
been driven to Cairo’s streets, eternally wandering in and out of
shops and homes.
Reading Passage #3: An Excerpt from Elizabeth the Queen by
Sally Bedell Smith Type of Literature: __________________________________

It was a footman who brought the news to ten-year-old

Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, who later shall be known
Reading Passage #3: An Excerpt from Elizabeth the Queen by
as Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II. Her father had become an
Sally Bedell Smith
accidental king just four days before his forty-first birthday
when his older brother, King Edward VIII, abdicated to marry
It was a footman who brought the news to ten-year-old
Wallis Warfield Simpson, a twice-divorced American. Edward
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, who later shall be known
VIII had been sovereign only nine months after taking the
as Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II. Her father had become an
throne following the death of his father, King George V, making
accidental king just four days before his forty-first birthday
him, according to one mordant joke, "the only monarch in
when his older brother, King Edward VIII, abdicated to marry
history to abandon the ship of state to sign on as third mate on a
Wallis Warfield Simpson, a twice-divorced American. Edward
Baltimore tramp."
VIII had been sovereign only nine months after taking the
throne following the death of his father, King George V, making
him, according to one mordant joke, "the only monarch in
history to abandon the ship of state to sign on as third mate on a
Baltimore tramp."

Type of Literature: __________________________________