Fiction Subgenre

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

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

An imaginative story involving scientific inventions like robots and space ships

• Humor

• Science Fiction

• Horror

Aliens, Space Craft, setting is in the future.

• Fantasy

• Realistic Fiction

• Tall Tale

• Science Fiction

A type of fictional story often based around technology or inventions that do not yet exist; often set in the future and may be set in space

• nonfiction

• fantasy

• science fiction

• biography

Which type of fiction story would have a setting that takes place in the future or on a different planet?

• realistic fiction

• contemporary fiction

• science fiction

• historical fiction

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

• Fairy Tale

• Realistic Fiction

• Fable

• Legend

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

• Tall-tale

• Fantasy

• Science fiction

• Fairy Tale