Genre Knowledge

Made up stories about events that could happen often involving a character vs. self conflict about fitting in.

• Fantasy

• Science Fiction

• Realistic Fiction

• Non-fiction

Stories with magic, monsters, and other imaginary elements.

• Mystery

• Fantasy

• Adventure

• Science Fiction

Fictional stories based around real people and events from the past set during real periods of past human conflict.

• Science Fiction

• Non-fiction

• Realistic Fiction

• Historical Fiction

Suspenseful stories based around a problem with hidden or unknown facts that is solved at the end of the story .

• Adventure

• Mystery

• Fantasy

• Historical Fiction

Stories about the future, space, aliens and technology.

• Science Fiction

• Historical Fiction

• Fantasy

• Adventure

Stories about a person written by another person.

• Biography

• Autobiography

Writing that presents ideas that are TRUE is called

• non fiction

• mystery

• fantasy

• myth

Writing that is not-true or imaginary is called

• science fiction

• drama

• fiction

• biography

An imaginative piece of literature dealing with supernatural or unnatural events or characters is called

• historical fiction

• fantasy

• science fiction

• biography

A story whose plot may involve an unsolved crime is a called a

• mystery

• historical fiction

• fantasy

• sports fiction