Genres

literature is normally divided into four main categories. These are Fiction, Non fiction, Poetry, & Drama.

• fiction

• drama

• genre

• non fiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

literature that tells about imaginary (FAKE) people, places or events.

• fake

• biography

• non fiction

• fiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

writing that tells about REAL people, places or events (Not Fake).

• fiction

• non fiction

• realistic fiction

• historical fiction

a true story of a person's life written by another person.

• biography

• autobiography

• drama

• realistic fiction

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

a true story of a person's life written by that person.

• biography

• memoir

• autobiography

• drama

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

literature the often uses few words to express ideas, images or feelings. The language is imaginative and musical.

• fiction

• non fiction

• poetry

• drama

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

a play meant to be performed before an audience through the dialogue and actions of the characters.

• non fiction

• fiction

• poetry

• drama

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.5

fiction that is based on real or scientific developments. The setting could be in the future or another planet.

• realistic fiction

• non fiction

• science fiction

• drama

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.9

a simple story that has been handed down by word of mouth from one generation to another. Sometime has talking animals.

• fable

• folk tale

• fantasy

• fairy tale

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

a traditional story on how something came to be (usually has gods or humans with supernatural abilities).

• fantasy

• fable

• historical fiction

• myth

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9