Genres

Which type of writing always deals with real events and people, not made-up events and people. This genre will give you facts that you can prove.

• historical fiction

• mystery

• classic

• nonfiction

Fictional stories that take place in modern time, right here and now. The characters are involved in events that could really happen.

• Mystery

• Realistic Fiction

• Nonfiction

• Fable

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.3

Made up stories about events that could happen.

• autobiography

• biography

• realistic fiction

• mystery

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.W.4.3A

CCSS.W.4.4

Stories with magic, monsters, and other imaginary elements.

• fantasty

• drama

• biography

• poetry

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Stories which take place in a particular time period in the past. Often the setting is real, but the characters are fictional.

• informational

• fantasy

• historical fiction

• poetry

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.3

Fictional stories, usually realistic, about an event, which is not explained, or a crime that is not solved until the end of the story to keep the reader in suspense.

• humor

• drama

• traditional literature

• mystery

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.5

The story of a real person's life, written or told by another person.

• fantasy

• biography

• drama

• poetry

writing that creates emotion, may have rhythm or rhyme, stanzas and verses

• drama

• biography

• poetry

• realistic fiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

written for performance by actors or actresses: dialogue is used

• historical fiction

• traditional literature

• drama

• poetry

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.W.4.3B

Flies can walk on walls and ceilings because they have sharp clawas and sticky hairs at the ends of their feet. Their bodies are light, so they can hold onto walls and ceilings.

What genre is this passage?

• nonfiction

• drama

• realistic fiction

• mystery

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2