Literary Fiction Geners

The plot of this genre teaches the reader a lesson.

• Fairy Tale

• Fable

This story is retold over and over again.

• Folktale

• Fables

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

This genre is made of of short stories.

• Fairy Tales

• Fables

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Characters in these stories are usually animals or nonhuman characters.

• Fairy Tales

• Fables

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

This genre has special words like “Once upon a time …” and “They lived happily ever after.”

• Fairy Tale

• Fables

The story will have characters that act like animals.

• Fantasy

• Fable

The story normally has magic and magical beings like witches and wizards.

• Fairy Tales

• Fables

This story has reoccurring phrases, "I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down.

• Fable

• Folktale

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

The characters in the story are royalty like kings, queens, princesses, and princes.

• Fairy Tale

• Fables

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

The characters in the story teach you a lesson.

• Folktale

• Fable

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5