Genre and Sub-Genre Review

Has a happy ending

Short story with personified animals and a moral

Writing that is true

Ends in death and sadness

A story that has been passed down through generations is usually retold or adapted.

Writing concerned with beauty of language. Can have stanzas and figurative language.

Imaginative or made-up writing

Could be true, present time and no elements of fantasy.

Has monster, magic, and/or characters with super powers

Has aliens, robots, futuristic technology, space ships or a dystopian society

Set in the Wild West, characters size/strength greatly exaggerated

Has gods/goddesses and usually accounts for creation of something

Has magic and/or talking animalsOften starts with "Once upon a time....."

Set in the past, based on real event and/or person

Story in script form

Based on a real person or place. Facts are stretch beyond non-fiction, exaggerated.