Genre Review

Literature that is based on real people, events, and facts

• Nonfiction

• Historical fiction

• Realistic fiction

• Science fiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

The story of someone’s life written by someone else

• Biography

• Autobiography

• Realistic Fiction

• Adventure

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

The story of someone’s life written by the actual person

• Autobiography

• Biography

• Realistic Fiction

• Historical Fiction

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Literature that is made up in the author’s imagination

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

• Autobiography

• Biography

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

A type of fiction where things are extremely exaggerated and often explains a natural phenomenon

• Tall Tale

• Fable

• Nonfiction

• Mystery

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

A type of fiction that could happen in real life

• Realistic fiction

• Myth

• Fable

• Tall Tale

A type of fiction based on science and technology

• Science Fiction

• Nonfiction

• Fairy Tale

• Drama

A genre of fiction that features magical or supernatural elements

• Fantasy

• Realistic Fiction

• Historical Fiction

• Autobiography

A genre of children’s fiction where improbable events often lead up to a happy ending

• Fairy tale

• Horror

• Biography

• Speech

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

A genre of fiction based on real historical events or people:

• Historical fiction

• Biography

• Autobiography

• Nonfiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9