Genres

Story that uses characters and settings that are like real life. 

• NonFiction Expository
• Biography
• Realistic Fiction

A story that could not really happen. Uses talking animals or make believe.

• Fantasy
• Nonfiction Expository
• Fiction

Informational text about true events or topics.

• Poetry
• Realistic Fiction
• Nonfiction Expository

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

A fiction story that takes place during a time in the past or during real events.

• Historical Fiction
• Literary Nonfiction
• Biography

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

A nonfiction text written to give you information about a person's life.

• Fiction
• Literary Nonfiction
• Nonfiction expository

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Text the uses rhythm and will sometimes rhyme.  

• Fiction
• Literary nonfiction
• Poetry

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

A story that uses characters, setting, and plot. 

• Fiction
• Poetry
• Nonfiction Expository

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

A type of text that uses sensory language.

• Fiction
• Literary Nonfiction
• Poetry

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.5.4