Types of Genres

The story has features not seen in this world, such as magic, time travel, strange settings and fantastic characters

• mystery
• myth
• fantasy
• folktale 

The word "genre" means...

• an animal
• a kind or type
• a food
• a genius

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Stories that take place in a certain time and place in the past.

• realistic fiction
• historical fiction
• fantasy
• folktales

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

True story of a real person’s life from the past or present written by that person.

• autobiography
• realistic fiction
• biography
• poetry

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Story including magic, talking objects and usually a conflict between good and evil.

• mystery
• biography
• fantasy
• realistic fiction

Star Wars is an example of what genre?

• historical fiction
• realistic fiction
• science fiction
• informational

REALISTIC FICTION (a story that sounds like it could be real) is

• fiction
• nonfiction

A FANTASY (a story with imaginary things in it)

• is fiction
• is nonfiction

This type of story is impossible. It might have talking animals or magic.

• Fantasy
• Fiction
• Traditional Literature
• Science Fiction

You are reading a story about 3 talking pigs...Fiction or Non-Fiction?

• Fiction
• Non-Fiction