Genre and Subgenre Review

a story told generation to generation, usually by

word of mouth

• folk tale

• tall tale

• fairy tale

• fantasy

stories that could actually "happen" in real

life

• folk tale

• science fiction

• historical fiction

• realistic fiction

fiction in which events evoke

feelings of fright in both the characters and the reader

• genre

• horror

• poetry

• mystery

early people's way to explain the universe

• fantasy

• myth

• mystery

• genre

stories based on real or imagined

inventions, space travel or life in other worlds, usually set in

the future

• realistic fiction

• science fiction

• historical fiction

• non-fiction

a short story, usually with animal characters, that

teaches a lesson about what is important in life.

• fable

• folk tale

• genre

• legend

fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the

unraveling of secrets

• fiction

• mystery

• fantasy

• horror

Verses are written in stanzas;

may include patterns of rhyme to capture readers' interest;

uses carefully selected words and phrases to create vivid

pictures in the reader's mind

• poetry

• horror

• mystery

• fiction

a particular style or type of writing- either fiction or non-fiction

• legend

• fable

• genre

• subgenre

a magical world where anything is possible

• fiction

• mystery

• subgenre

• fantasy