Genre Characteristics

Monsters, magic, and animals talking 

• Realistic fiction
• Fantasy
• Science Fiction
• Biography

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.9

A story set in a real place in the past (like the Great Depression or World War II) with made up, but believable characters.

• Realistic Fiction
• Fantasy
• Biography
• Historical Fiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

A real story where the author writes about him or herself.

• Realistic Fiction
• Autobiography
• Biography
• Fantasy

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

A fiction story designed to teach a lesson, often with personified animals

• Realistic fiction
• Fable
• Adventure
• Tall Tale

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

This genre has characters, settings, and events that could happen in real life.

• Fantasy
• Tall Tale
• Fiction
• Realistic Fiction

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 story that could happen in real life, but is NOT a true story

• autobiography

• realistic fiction

• legend

• tall tale

A fictional 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

The TRUE story of a person's life in which the author is writing about someone else.

• nonfiction

• autobiography

• biography

• fiction

The TRUE story of a person's life in which the author is writing about himself / herself

• autobiography
• biography
• nonfiction
• fantasy

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10