Genre Review

Contains magic, passed from generation to generation, there can be many versions of the same story.

• Fairy Tale

• Fable

• Tall Tale

• Science Fiction

Brief story. Talking animals. Moral or lesson at the end of the story.

• Tall Tale

• Fable

• Adventure

• Mystery

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

Talking animals. Patterns of 3. Started out as oral traditions.

• Poem

• Myth

• Folk Tale

• Historical Fiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.4.9

About somebody who was once a real person. Exaggerated in a funny way. Usually about American Frontiersman

• Tall Tale

• Adventure

• Realistic Fiction

• Fantasy

Partly true. Might explain how something came to be. Supernatural powers. Usually includes a hero.

• Myth/Legend

• Science Fiction

• Fantasy

• Realistic Fiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.4.9

Make-believe. Magic. Talking animals. Wizards, elves, witches, dragons etc.

• Fable

• Informational

• Science Fiction

• Fantasy

Advanced technology, futuristic, robots, time machines, aliens, space, lasers etc.

• Fantasy

• Science Fiction

• Folk Tale

• Fairy Tale

Journey. Faces challenge, wild animals, stuck/trapped, brave character/hero

• Tall Tale

• Fable

• Adventure

• Mystery

Set in the past. Real historical events, but made-up characters.

• Mystery

• NonFiction

• Historical Fiction

• Adventure

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.9

Seems real. Could happen in real life, but made up by the author.

• Historical Fiction

• Science Fiction

• Adventure

• Realistic Fiction