1. Mrs. Kintz 7th Grade Language Arts
LITERARY GENRES
Mrs. Kintz
7th Grade Language Arts

2. Genre •A type of something •A category of something
•A way of grouping things together
MYSTERY
POETRY

3. Fiction
•Something that is not true
•Something made-up

4. A book about a boy in high school
Realistic Fiction
•A story that is not true, but that could really happen
•A story about something that seems real
A book about a boy in high school

5. Historical Fiction
•These are made-up stories that take place in a certain time during history.
•These stories may include real people or settings from the past, even though the plot is not true.

6. Fantasy •For example: talking animals or magical powers
•A fictional (untrue) story that includes elements that are impossible to happen in real life
•For example: talking animals or magical powers

7. Science Fiction
•A type of fantasy that uses science and technology in the plot
•For example: robots, space travel, or time machines

8. Mystery
•Stories that seem realistic and have a problem to be solved

9. Non-Fiction •Something that is true •Something that really did happen
•Something that happens in real life

10. Poetry •Verse that is written to make the reader think and feel
•It sometimes uses rhyme
•It often looks different than the kind of writing you usually see in a book

11. Informational •Texts that provide facts about a variety of topics
•Such as: sports, animals, science, history, careers,
travel, geography, space, weather, and more!

12. Person whose life the story is about
Biography
•The story of a real person’s life written by another person.
Person whose life the story is about
AUTHOR

13. Person whose life the story is about
Auto Biography
•The story of a real person’s life that is written by that person
Person whose life the story is about
AUTHOR

14. Memoir
•An autobiography or written account of a person’s memory of certain events or people.
HER MEMORY
AUTHOR