Genre Review

The story is made up, but is set in the past and borrows true characteristics of the time period in which it is set.

Stories that could have actually occurred to people or animals in a believable setting. These stories resemble real life

Fiction which is intended to, or has thecapacity to frighten, scare, disgust,or startle their readers.

An imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian.

Literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas.

Writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people, such as history or a biography. One of the 2 main genres.

A historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources.

Fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances andmajor social or environmental changes.

Fiction usually involving a mysterious death or acrime to be solved.

Writing that uses narrative literary styles and techniques to present accurate factual matter.

An account of a person's life writtenby that person.

Some kind of retelling, often in words, of something that happened (a story).

A piece of writing that tells a story and is performed on a stage.

Typically features the use of magic or other supernatural phenomena in the plot, setting, or theme.

A FORMAT, where a sequence of drawings in boxes, tells an amusing story, typically printed in a newspaper or comic book.

A FORMAT where a novel is written in a comic strip format.

An account of someone's life writtenby someone else.

Literature, like short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people. One of the 2 main genres.