Literary genres

The word "genre" means...

• an animal
• a kind or type
• a food
• a genius

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

The story has features not seen in this world, such as magic, time travel, strange settings and fantastic characters

• mystery
• myth
• fantasy
• folktale 

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.3

Stories that take place in a certain time and place in the past.

• realistic fiction
• historical fiction
• fantasy
• folktales

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

True story of a real person’s life from the past or present written by that person.

• autobiography
• realistic fiction
• biography
• poetry

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Story including magic, talking objects and usually a conflict between good and evil.

• mystery
• biography
• fantasy
• realistic fiction

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

Star Wars is an example of what genre?

• historical fiction
• realistic fiction
• science fiction
• informational

REALISTIC FICTION (a story that sounds like it could be real) is

• fiction
• nonfiction

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CCSS.RL.4.1

A crime is committed. In finding the criminal, a detective must unravel a web of clues before pinning down the suspect. 

• mystery
• realistic fiction-adventure
• folktale
• fantasy

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CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

books that contain real information

• fiction
• nonfiction

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CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

a true story about a person's life written by another person

• autobiography

• biography

• historical fiction

• atlas