GENRE REVIEW

Your social studies or history book falls into what subgenre?

INFORMATIONAL WRITING

When someone writes the story of his own life, what is that called?

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

When the main characters skills, strength, or size are exaggerated greatly in a humorous way, what genre is it?

TALL TALE

What genre is a very short story with talking animals and a moral?

FABLE

Stories with gods and/or goddesses that usually account for the creation of something are….

MYTHS

Stories with magic, kings, queens, princesses, and/or talking animals Stories with magic, kings, queens, princesses, and/or talking animals. They usually have a human main character and start with “once upon a time.”

FAIRY TALES

Stories that could actually happen, but they are made up.

REALISTIC FICTION

Fictional stories based on or around important people or events from the past.

HISTORICAL FICTION

Stories with aliens, advanced technology, or futuristic weaponry…

SCIENCE FICTION

Stories with magic, monsters, superpowers, or other things that do not exist in reality…

FANTASY

Writing that is “true,” factual, informative, or persuasive

NONFICTION

Two subgenres of this main genre include tragedies and comedies.

DRAMA

Most stories fall into this genre, which means that the text is made up or a product of the imagination.

FICTION

Authors of stories in this genre are often “retelling” the story Authors of stories in this genre are often “retelling” the story. It may say “adapted by,” “retold by,” or the author may be “unkown”

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