Genres in Literature

This text tells you the actions of the GODS in a certain culture.

This text combines writing with pictures and is sometimes called a "comic."

An imagined universe, USUALLY, futuristic- characters live in society that SEEMS perfect, but are strictly controlled.

This story involves an INVESTIGATION and SOLVING a crime or problem.

This story has TALKING animals, NO humans, and teaches a LESSON.

This story takes a REAL event or person in history and MAKES UP some parts to tell a story.

This story type usually deals with the future, aliens, space, technology and what might happen.

This story takes a _small truth about a person and makes an IMPOSSIBLE STORY out of it!

This genre is full of FACTS and often called NON-fiction.

This genre has IMPOSSIBLE elements, magic, made-up lands, and mythical creatures.

A story about a person's life, written by that same person.

This genre is MADE -UP, but SEEMS like it could really happen.

Usually begins "Once upon a time..." and involves princes, castles, and witches.

This type of text tells you about a person's life--but was NOT written by that person.

This story is meant to send a shiver down your spine...