Literary Genres

This type of fiction happened in a past time.

Nonfiction writing that is about a real person written by someone else.

Has written parts for actors to speak in order to tell the story.

Fictional story that has fantastical characters, settings, or the supernatural.

Oral tradition that is often humorous and usually greatly exaggerated.

Fictional story that seems like it could happen in our current world.

Fictional story often set in the future or in different worlds: includes science or technology.

A fictional story that revolves around discovering secrets or solving crimes.

Nonfiction writing that is a biography of a person written by himself or herself.

Nonfiction writing that gives information about a specific topic.

This oral tradition genre teaches a moral or lesson using animal characters.

Uses sound, rhythm, rhyme, and word choice to convey ideas, emotions or thoughts

Stories that have been passed down over generations by word of mouth.

Tells information about real people, places, or events.

Uses characters, setting, and plot to convey events that are not real.

This form of nonfiction is filled with emotion and tells how an author remembers his or her life.

Type of oral tradition that has enchanted settings, magical elements, and usually a happy ending

Type of oral tradition that is based on a real person or event but cannot be proven.

This literary genre contains dated entries.

This genre uses art that looks like a comic book and text to tell the story.

Genre that features gods and sometimes explains how thing came to be.