21st Century Genres

Narration demonstrating a useful truth, especially in which animals speak as humans; legendary, supernatural tale.

• Fable

• Fiction

• Fairy Tale

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

Verse and rhythmic writing with imagery that creates emotional responses.

• Nonfiction

• Tall Tale

• Poetry

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

Informational text dealing with an actual, real-life subject.

• Nonfiction

• Fiction

• Mythology

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

A true story about a real person told by that person.

• Autobiography

• Science Fiction

• Biography

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

Story about fairies or other magical creatures.

• Drama

• Fairy Tale

• Legend

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Narrative of a person's life, a true story about a real person told by another person.

• Biography

• Autobiography

• Mythology

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

Story based on impact of actual, imagined, or potential science, usually set in the future or on other planets.

• Science Fiction

• Realistic Fiction

• Historical Fiction

Narrative literary works whose content is produced by the imagination and is not based on fact.

• Nonfiction

• Fiction

• Folklore

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

Fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets.

• Mystery

• Horror

• Drama

a formal division of lines in a poem, considered as a unit

• Stanza

• Rhyme

• Rhythm

• Line

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.13