Genres and Subgenres

Which of the following is not one of the five main genres?

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

• Realistic Fiction

• Poetry

• Dramas

Creative or imaginative writing.

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

• Dramas

• Folklore

Stories once passed down orally. Usually will say "retold" or "adapted by"

• Fiction

• Folklore

• Nonfiction

• Poetry

Writing that is true or factual.

• Fiction

• Science Fiction

• Dramas

• Nonfiction

Writing concerned with the beauty of language.

• Dramas

• Poetry

• Historical Fiction

• Tall Tale

Plays or scripts.

• Dramas

• Biography

• Fairytale

• Informational Writing

Provides facts or information.

• Fable

• Informational Writing

• Persuasive Writing

• Legend

A made-up story set around a real event or person from history.

• Historical Fiction

• Realistic Fiction

• Fantasy

• Myth

Stories that could be true but aren't.

• Biography

• Historical Fiction

• Fantasy

• Realistic Fiction

Has aliens, advanced technology or is set in the future.

• Fantasy

• Science Fiction

• Myth

• Tall Tale