6th Grade EOY Genres Review

Stories that are usually made for the theatre, emotion is mainly shown through dialouge

• Drama

• Fable

• Historical Fiction

• Horror

Fictional stories that are funny and full of excitement; can be in all genres

• Horror

• Realistic Fiction

• Humor

• Fable

Funny stories with exaggerated situations, and heroes who save the day effortlessly

• Tall Tale

• Drama

• Humor

• Realistic Fiction

Stories that while not acuatlly happening, can happen and follow the rules of real life

• Fable

• Historical Fiction

• Realistic Fiction

• Horror

A legend of some sort, usually involves the gods or natural phenomenons.

• Poetry

• Science Fiction

• Mythology

• Short Story

Story that is too short to provide real context

• Poetry

• Tall Tale

• Short Story

• Fable

A fictional story that gives both the characters and reader a feeling of fright or dread

• Science Fiction

• Horror

• Fable

• Realistic Fiction

Fictional story that usually exists in the future or different planets

• Legend

• Mythology

• Science Fiction

• Fairy Tale

Can be stories, songs or myths, and are passed down from word of the mouth

• Fiction

• Folklore

• Poetry

• Mythology

Writing in the form of lines and stanzas, express lots of emotion

• Humor

• Poetry

• Short Story

• Legend