Literary Genres

Story about a person's life written by someone else

• historical fiction

• autobiography

• journal

• biography

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

facts and statistics about people, places and things

• dictionary

• textbooks

• encyclopedia

• biography

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

story about make-believe beings and events

• fable

• myths

• folktale

• fairytale

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

personal stories about events in real life

• journal

• biography

• blog

• autobiography

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

articles, stories and other features

• newspaper

• magazine

• blog

• novel

very old story that "explains" something in nature

• fable

• legend

• folktale

• myth

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

long story, usually in chapters

• play

• short story

• mystery

• novel

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

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

• poetry

• short story

• science fiction

• rhyming words

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

can be read in one session

• textbook

• science fiction

• short story

• myth

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

story about effects of science on society

• science fiction

• mystery

• play

• legend

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D