Reading Genres

This type of story is impossible. It might have talking animals or magic.

• Fantasy

• Fiction

• Traditional Literature

• Science Fiction

This type of fiction is written to make the reader laugh.

• Realistic Fiction

• Biography

• Memoir

• Humor

You will see the most figurative language in this type of text.

• Poetry

• Non-Fiction

• Fiction

• Realistic Fiction

What is a book that is about someone's life that is written by that person?

• Biography

• Autobiography

• Memoir

• Non-Fiction

What is a book that is about a specific time in someone's life written by that person?

• Biography

• Autobiography

• Memoir

• Realistic Fiction

Stories that could have actually occurred to people or animals in a believable setting. These stories resemble real life, and fictional characters within these stories react similarly to real people.

• Fantasy

• Historical Fiction

• Realistic Fiction

• Informational

Fictional stories that can include magic, supernatural events, or talking animals.

• Realistic Fiction

• Fantasy

• Science Fiction

• Biography/Autobiography/Memoir

Often futuristic, can include spaceships, time travel, or robots. May also include bleak outlooks of the future.

• Realistic Fiction

• Fantasy

• Science Fiction

• Graphic Novels

A fictional story that can actually happen, always takes place during the past and sometimes attached to an event from history.

• Historical Fiction

• Realistic Fiction

• Fantasy

• Informational

A story about someone's life, it can be written by the person themselves or another author.

• Biography/Autobiography/Memoir

• Realistic Fiction

• Poetry

• Informational