Literary Genres

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A story that is not true but could have happened

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Realistic Fiction

Front

This genre is based on real or imagined inventions, space/time travel, or life in other worlds and is often set in the future.

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science-fiction

Front

This genre often includes the appearance of gods and goddesses, sometimes in disguised form.

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myth

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.4.9

Front

Are autobiographies written about someone else's life?

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False

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CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

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A short story that usually has animals as characters and teaches a moral or lesson about what is important in life is called a _______.

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fable

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

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Genre

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category

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Front

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

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Historical Fiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.9

Front

Non-fiction is

Back

not fake; it is real

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

Front

A written account of an individual's life written by someone else

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biography

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CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

Front

Widely-told stories about the past that may or may not be factual; every culture has its own variations with familiar characters, such as Daniel Boone, Johnny Appleseed and Paul Bunyan

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legends

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CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.4.9