Genres and Subgenres

made up or make believe

• fiction

• nonfiction

real and true, factual

• fiction

• nonfiction

acted out (play)

• biography

• poetry

• drama

• humorous fiction

some rhyming, written in stanzas, verse

• autobiograpphy

• drama

• realistic fiction

• poetry

unanswered questions, clues, suspenseful

• mystery

• drama

• realistic fiction

• historical fiction

present day, real characters, seems true but made up

• fantasy

• realistic fiction

• traditional literature

• informational

takes place in the past, based on an actual event in the past

• science fiction

• realistic fiction

• fantasy

• historical fiction

usually about technology and futuristic ideas

• science fiction

• realistic fiction

• fantasy

• historical fiction

exaggerated, make believe, often magical

• traditional literature

• fantasy

• science fiction

• realistic fiction

passed down stories that usually have a lesson to be learned, including: myths, folktales, tall tales, fairy tales, legends, fables

• traditional literature

• fantasy

• humorous fiction

• realistic fiction