Genres!

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• fantasy

• legend

• biography

• informational

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

a story passed down in spoken words; usually the author is unknown and there are often many versions of the tale

• poetry

• folktale

• science fiction

• fantasy

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

a story that uses fictional characters, but all the events could actually happen

• realistic fiction

• mystery

• biography

• historical lfiction

a story based on a hero; the main character has amazing strength, skill or power and does a good deed.

• myth

• legend

• tall tale

• fantasy

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

a type of fantasy that includes science and technology (robots, time travel, machines)

• historical fiction

• realistic fiction

• mystery

• science fiction

a story that uses exaggerated characters and events to explain how something was created

• tall tale

• mystery

• legend

• folktale

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

a story that is not possible and may include talking animals

• legend

• historical fiction

• fantasy

• informational

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

a story that explains (in a fictional way) how things in nature came to be; the characters are often gods and goddesses

• myth

• tall tale

• biography

• folk tale

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

a fictional story that take place in a specific time period; often the setting, is real but the characters are made up

• realistic fiction

• science fiction

• mystery

• historical fiction

a story of a real person's life that has been written by another person

• informational

• biography

• legend

• poetry

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5