Genres & Subgenres

Characteristics of Myth (Select all that apply)

• not true

• tells a creation story

• gods and goddesses

• set in present time

Characteristics of informational (Select all that apply)

• not true

• tells about a person

• tells about anything other than a person

• true facts

Characteristics of fantasy (Select all that apply)

• True story

• princes and princesses

• can involve magic

• involves things that could not happen in real life

Characteristics of realistic fiction(Select all that apply)

• True story

• Didn't really happen, but is believable

• has talking animals

• set in present time

Characteristics of science fiction(Select all that apply)

• can involve aliens/outer space

• most of the time it is set in the future

• has futuristic technology

• Wall-e is an example

Characteristics of historical fiction(Select all that apply)

• can involve aliens/outer space

• set in the past

• centered around a real event

• made up characters

Characteristics of autobiography (Select all that apply)

• about a made up character

• about a real person

• someone else wrote it

• the author wrote about themselves

Characteristics of legend (Select all that apply)

• meant to be serious

• set in the future

• passed down from generation to generation

• probably was once true, but now is a little exaggerated

Characteristics of tall tale (Select all that apply)

• meant to be funny

• set in the wild west

• very exaggerated

• about a "hero"

Characteristics of mystery (Select all that apply)

• often involves a crime

• set in the wild west

• often has a detective as a character

• part of the NON-FICTION genre