Genre's

Stories that use character, settings, and plots to convey event that are not real

• Folktale

• Fiction

• Non-Fiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Fiction that is set in the past

• Historical Fiction

• Mystery

• Tall Tale

• Contemporary Fiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Believable fiction that is set in the present

• Tall Tale

• Mystery

• Myth

• Realistic Fiction

Same as realistic fiction

• Contemporary Fiction

• Adventure

• Poetry

• Fairy Tale

Fiction that deals with science or technology

• Realistic Fiction

• Science Fiction

• Informational

• Fantasy

Highly imaginative fiction that uses strange or unusual characters, settings, or plots

• Poetry

• Mystery

• Legend

• Fantasy

Fiction that includes secrets or crimes to be solved

• Drama

• Myth

• Mystery

• Fable

An exaggerated story that has been shared over generations by word of mouth or tradition

• Fiction

• Folktale

• Nonfiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Folktale that usually includes magical elements

• Fairy Tale

• Fantasy

• Science Fiction

• Adventure

Folktale that usually humorous and usually assumed to be untrue

• Biography

• Tall Tale

• Legend

• Fable

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9