Genre Review

A story dealing with aliens, the distant future, or advanced technology

• historical fiction

• science fiction

• realistic fiction

• fantasy

Stories that could actually happen in real life.

The characters speak and act like real people.

• historical fiction

• science fiction

• fantasy

• realistic fiction

A story that contains talking animals, magic, or other supernatural elements

• fantasy

• realistic fiction

• historical fiction

• science fiction

A true story about a person's life

(written in the 3rd person point of view)

• historical fiction

• realistic fiction

• biography

• autobiography

A story set in a real place in the past (like the Great Depression or World War II) with made up, but believable characters.

• realistic fiction

• fantasy

• biography

• historical fiction

A story with suspects, clues, and usually a crime that needs to be solved.

• mystery

• realistic fiction

• adventure

• historical fiction

A book that people write about their own life.

(written in the 1st person point of view)

• biography

• historical fiction

• autobiography

• realistic fiction

A story that evokes the feeling of fright in both the characters and the reader.

• horror

• realistic fiction

• fantasy

• historical fiction

Accounts of real people, places and events

FACT

• fiction

• nonfiction

Stories that are passed down from one group to another in history.

This includes legends, fairytale, fables, folktales, tall tales, and myth

• Informational

• Poetry

• Traditional Literature

• Mystery