Different Genres

Short Story

• Prose

• Poetry

• Drama

Journal

• Prose

• Poetry

• Drama

Comedy

• Movies that are primarily set in the American Old West that tell the stories of cowboys, settlers, and outlaws exploring the western frontier and taming the Wild West.

• A type of suspense film that tends to be action-packed and fast-paced with moments full of tension, anxiety, and fear.

• Movies that are light-hearted; crafted to amuse, entertain, and provoke enjoyment and laughter.

• Movies that make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus.

Animated

• Movies that have imaginative and fantastic themes usually including magical and/or supernatural events and make-believe creatures and/or locations.

• A movie that deals with futuristic concepts or technology such as advanced science, the exploration of outer space, time travel, and alien life.

• A type of suspense film that tends to be action-packed and fast-paced with moments full of tension, anxiety, and fear.

• Movies that are made up of a series of slightly different drawings of people, animals, and objects that make them move.

Horror

• Movies where the main character(s) solves a problem or a crime.

• A type of suspense film that tends to be action-packed and fast-paced with moments full of tension, anxiety, and fear.

• A movie that deals with futuristic concepts or technology such as advanced science, the exploration of outer space, time travel, and alien life.

• Movies which are intended to frighten, scare, or disgust.

Thriller

• Movies intended to be more serious than humorous. They follow a clearly defined plot structure with real-life and/or extreme situations with emotionally-driven characters.

• A movie that deals with futuristic concepts or technology such as advanced science, the exploration of outer space, time travel, and alien life.

• A type of suspense film that tends to be action-packed and fast-paced with moments full of tension, anxiety, and fear.

• Movies which are intended to frighten, scare, or disgust.

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

• Mystery

• Realistic Fiction

• Adventure

• Historical Fiction

This genre has characters, settings, and events that could happen in real life.

• Fantasy

• Tall Tale

• Fiction

• Realistic Fiction

A FANTASY (a story with imaginary things in it)

• is fiction

• is nonfiction

• could be either

A book about a robot that takes over the world in the year 3000 would be considered...

• Fantasy

• realistic fiction

• biography

• science fiction