genre/author's purpose

Do I want to share current events?

• naarative nonfiction

• news article

• informational text

Do I want  to tell about someone’s life?

• autobiography

• biography

• realistic fiction

Do I want to share facts by telling a story?

• narrative nonfiction

• realistic fiction

• fantasy

Do I want to use facts and opinions to make a claim that he/she feels strongly about?

• biography

• news article

• argumentative

Do I want  to give the reader more information about a specific topic?

• narrative nonfiction

• biography

• informational

• Do I want to include magic and made up creatures? 

• realistic fiction

• fantasy

• informational

• Do I want to make my story seem possible?

• biography

• fantasy

• realistic fiction

• Do I want to use words to help the reader picture something? /

• realistic fiction

• poetry

• fantasy

• Do  explain something that happens in nature.

• folklore

• fantasy

• drama