Literary Genres

Story about a person's life written by someone else

• historical fiction

• autobiography

• journal

• biography

facts and statistics about people, places and things

• dictionary

• textbooks

• encyclopedia

• biography

story about make-believe beings and events

• fable

• myths

• folktale

• fairytale

personal stories about events in real life

• journal

• biography

• blog

• autobiography

articles, stories and other features

• newspaper

• magazine

• blog

• novel

very old story that "explains" something in nature

• fable

• legend

• folktale

• myth

long story, usually in chapters

• play

• short story

• mystery

• novel

has rhythm, may rhyme, may have stanzas (sections)

• poetry

• short story

• science fiction

• rhyming words

can be read in one session

• textbook

• science fiction

• short story

• myth

story about effects of science on society

• science fiction

• mystery

• play

• legend