Different Reading Genres

Stories that could have actually occurred to people or animals in a believable setting. These stories resemble real life, and fictional characters within these stories react similarly to real people.

• Fantasy

• Historical Fiction

• Realistic Fiction

• Informational

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.3

Fictional stories that can include magic, supernatural events, or talking animals.

• Realistic Fiction

• Fantasy

• Science Fiction

• Biography/Autobiography/Memoir

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Often futuristic, can include spaceships, time travel, or robots. May also include bleak outlooks of the future.

• Realistic Fiction

• Fantasy

• Science Fiction

• Graphic Novels

A fictional story that can actually happen, always takes place during the past and sometimes attached to an event from history.

• Historical Fiction

• Realistic Fiction

• Fantasy

• Informational

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

A format and not a genre. It is a book with illustrations on every page, like a comic book. This format can be any genre.

• Poetry

• Graphic Novel

• Informational

• Realistic Fiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

A story about someone's life, it can be written by the person themselves or another author.

• Biography/Autobiography/Memoir

• Realistic Fiction

• Poetry

• Informational

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Type of artistic writing using carefully chosen words and arranging them in meaningful ways. Words may have a rhythm and rhyme. This also includes books in verse.

• Science Fiction

• Historical Fiction

• Autobiography/Biography/Memoir

• Poetry

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.RL.4.5

Also known as Nonfiction, gives real information about the past, present, and future. Includes an unlimited amount of topics.

• Informational

• Poetry

• Science Fiction

• Fantasy

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5