Genre

Stories that come from the author's imagination

• nonfiction
• fiction
• poetry
• folklore

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

contains monsters, magic, or other supernatural elements

• fantasy
• realistic fiction
• fairy tale
• legend

Aliens, Space Craft, setting is in the future.

• Fantasy
• Realistic Fiction
• Tall Tale
• Science Fiction

A non fiction story about a person's life

• Historical fiction
• Fantasy
• Biography
• Tall Tale

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

A story set in a real place in the past (like the Great Depression or World War II) with made up, but believable characters.

• Realistic Fiction
• Fantasy
• Biography
• Historical Fiction

A story with suspects, clues, and usually a crime that needs to be solved.

• Mystery
• Realistic Fiction
• Adventure
• Historical Fiction

A real story where the author writes about him or herself.

• Realistic Fiction
• Autobiography
• Biography
• Fantasy

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

This genre has characters, settings, and events that could happen in real life.

• Fantasy
• Tall Tale
• Fiction
• Realistic Fiction

Text the uses rhythm and will sometimes rhyme.  

• Fiction
• Literary nonfiction
• Poetry

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

A funny story where characters and events are exaggerated

• Tall Tale

• Folk Tale

• Myth

• Fairy Tale

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9