Fiction Subgenre Review

A story including elements that are impossible like magical or fantastical beings, powers, places, and objects are a reality.

• Myth

• Fantasy

• Tall-Tale

• Science fiction

1. A story that uses technology, space, or science and is usually set in the future.

• Science fiction

• Historical fiction

• Fairy tale

• Fable

Also called contemporary fiction–this is a story that could actually happen in real life.

• Folktale

• Legend

• Tall-tale

• Realistic fiction

1. A type of fiction that takes place in the past and has fictitious (made up) characters live during and react to important historical settings and events.

• Fantasy

• Fable

• Historical fiction

• Science fiction

1. A story with magical characters and involves magic or enchantment (many are made into Disney movies).

• Fairy Tale

• Realistic Fiction

• Fable

• Legend

1. A story that typically uses animals as characters to convey a moral or lesson.

• Myth

• Folktale

• Realistic fiction

• Fable

An exaggerated and humorous story where the main character is super-human or larger than life.

• Tall-tale

• Fantasy

• Science fiction

• Fairy Tale

1. The story of a supposedly historical person (usually a hero) which has been passed on from person-to-person.

• Historical Fiction

• Legend

• Fable

• Science fiction

1. A popular story that was passed on in spoken form from one generation to the next among the common folk.

• Folktale

• Historical fiction

• Fable

• Fairy tale

1. A cultural story that explains how something came to be and often includes gods and goddesses and other supernatural characters that have the power to make extraordinary things happen.

• Realistic Fiction

• Myth

• Science fiction

• Tall-tale