Genre

Story, sometimes of a national or folk hero, which has a basis in fact but also includes imaginative material.

• Fable
• Legend
• Historical Fiction
• Fantasy

Any narrative ( made-up story) that did NOT occur in real life

• nonfiction
• genre
• narrator
• fiction

A type of fictional narrative / story set in a particular time in history; may include real historical figures and events, but did NOT really occur

• historical fiction
• nonfiction
• science fiction
• realistic fiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

A type of fictional story often based around technology or inventions that do not yet exist; often set in the future and may be set in space

• nonfiction
• fantasy
• science fiction
• biography

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

A fictional narrative / story that could happen in real life, but is NOT a true story

• autobiography
• realistic fiction
• legend
• tall tale

A fictional narrative / story involving suspense in which characters use clues to solve a problem or crime

• biography
• realistic fiction
• fantasy
• mystery

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.W.4.3A

A kind or category of literature

• fiction
• type
• genre
• nonfiction

Informational text using true facts and information

• nonfiction
• fiction
• biography
• historical fiction

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.4.8

A fictional narrative / story that contains unrealistic settings, or magic, often set in a medieval universe, or possibly involving mythical beings or supernatural forms; not possible in real life

• mystery
• mystery
• realistic fiction
• fantasy

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.W.4.3A

The TRUE story of a person's life

• nonfiction
• autobiography
• biography
• fiction

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.6