Genres of Literature

Factual writing about real people, places, things, or events

• Fiction

• Historical Fiction

• Realistic Fiction

• Nonfiction

Old stories passed down orally through generations

• Mystery

• Myth

• Folktale

• Fantasy

A true story about a person written by someone else

• Biography

• Realistic fiction

• Autobiography

• Fable

Folktales about real-life problems and usually includes magic

• Fantasy

• Fable

• Fairytale

• Myth

A work of fiction with secrets orcsrimes to be solved

• Mystery

• Mythology

• Drama

• Autobiography

Imaginative writing about another world

• Myth

• Fantasy

• Biography

• Fable

A true story of a person written by the person it is about

• Historical Fiction

• Biography

• Autobiography

• Realistic Fiction

A folktale considered sacred that explains how something came to be

• Drama

• Myth

• Fairytale

• Historical Fiction

A work written to be performed

• Fable

• Mystery

• Nonfiction

• Drama

A made up story set in the past but can include some facts

• BIography

• Autobiography

• Fantasy

• Historical Fiction