1. Genres

2. genre
--type of literature, art, film or music grouped by its special features.

3. nonfiction
--books, articles or texts about real facts, people and events.

4. informational
texts that give you information

5. persuasive
texts that try to persuade you to do something

6. autobiography: the story of my life.
biography: the story of someone's life.

7. procedural text
text that tells you how to do something

8. personal narrative: any nonfiction text that talks about myself.

9. memoir text about one event in my life.
diary/journal
text written with dates about a time period in my life.

10. fiction
stories that are not true

11. legend
a story about a hero (possibly a real person) that has been exaggerated each time it is told.

12. folk tale/fairy tale
a story about magic or fairies, usually for children, that teaches a lesson

13. --a traditional story that explains beliefs of a culture or teaches a lesson.
myth

14. A fictional story that has some true events or historical settings
A fictional story that has some true events or historical settings. Some characters are real.
historical fiction

15. --a story that is performed.
drama

16. comedy
romance
a funny story
a love story 

17. texts that have elements that are magical or make believe
fantasy
texts that have elements that are magical or make believe

18. a fictional or nonfictional story
narrative
a fictional or nonfictional story

19. a fictional story that has futuristic science or technology
science fiction
a fictional story that has futuristic science or technology

20. mystery realistic fiction
a story in which the main character must find clues to solve a puzzle
a story that has real life issues

21. -- literary work in metrical form; verse. poetry
The Rose Family by Robert Frost
The rose is a rose,
And was always a rose.
But the theory now goes
That the apple's a rose,
And the pear is, and so's
The plum, I suppose.
The dear only know
What will next prove a rose.
You, of course, are a rose--
But were always a rose.
-- literary work in metrical form; verse.
poetry
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