Genres of Literature

A thrilling story about a perplexing event that is not solved until the end of the story.

• myth

• tall tale

• mystery

• fairy tale

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.7

It is real and factual. It deals with actual people, places and events

• tall tale

• poetry

• nonfiction

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Verses that often rhyme and evoke feeling.

• drama

• poetry

• mystery

• science fiction

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

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CCSS.RL.5.5

A type of folk tale that is greatly exaggerated.

• tall tale

• autobiography

• biography

• nonfiction

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

A specific category or type of story is called a _______.

• legend

• genre

• fables

• rug

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

A story from the past that may or may not be entirely true is a _______________.

• legend

• fairy tale

• genre

• book report

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

The story of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is a ______________?

• biography

• autobiography

• fairy tale

• journal

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.2

In fables, animals speak and act like people to teach the reader a lesson. The lesson is the _____________ of the story.

• beginning

• middle

• moral

• author

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

The history of a person's life is a _________________?

• bibliography

• thesaurus

• encyclopedia

• biography

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

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CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

A story by any author all about his own life is a(an) _____________________?

• nursery rhyme

• biography

• autobiography

• science fiction

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10