Genres of Literature

Factual writing about real people, places, things, or events

• Fiction

• Historical Fiction

• Realistic Fiction

• Nonfiction

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.W.3.2B

Old stories passed down orally through generations

• Mystery

• Myth

• Folktale

• Fantasy

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.4.9

A true story about a person written by someone else

• Biography

• Realistic fiction

• Autobiography

• Fable

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Folktales about real-life problems and usually includes magic

• Fantasy

• Fable

• Fairytale

• Myth

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.2

A work of fiction with secrets orcsrimes to be solved

• Mystery

• Mythology

• Drama

• Autobiography

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Imaginative writing about another world

• Myth

• Fantasy

• Biography

• Fable

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.W.3.3A

CCSS.W.3.3B

A true story of a person written by the person it is about

• Historical Fiction

• Biography

• Autobiography

• Realistic Fiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.9

A folktale considered sacred that explains how something came to be

• Drama

• Myth

• Fairytale

• Historical Fiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.4.9

A work written to be performed

• Fable

• Mystery

• Nonfiction

• Drama

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

A made up story set in the past but can include some facts

• BIography

• Autobiography

• Fantasy

• Historical Fiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.9