Major Genres
Stories that are created from one's imagination.
Fiction
This type of fiction is created to make readers scared.
Horror
A story based on the life of a real folk hero, but has some imaginative parts to the story
Legend
A story about a person's life written by someone else
Biography
A book that has words and their definitions
Dictionary
Stories that are factual and true.
Non-Fiction
A fictional story with strange settings and unreal characters. Harry Potter is an example.
Fantasy
A story with gods and goddesses.
Myth
A piece of writing that is given orally in front of an audience
Speech
A book that has maps of continents, countries, and states
Atlas
Works that are written in verse form, and often have rhyming patterns.
Poetry
A fictional story designed to be funny and make the reader laugh.
Humorous Fiction
A story that has royal characters, magic, and a happy ending.
Fairytale
Any piece of writing that give facts about a topic
Informational Text
Alphabetically organized information in the form of a set of volumes (ex. Volume A, Volume B).
Encyclopedias
Imaginative stories that are based on oral stories from long ago.
Folktale
A fictional story set in the future, often with aliens.
Science Fiction
A short story with animal characters that has a moral or lesson at the end.
Fable
The story of a person's life written by that person.
Autobiography
A book published yearly that gives current information on various topics, like fashion, world records, music, etc.
Alamanac
Stories that are written in dialogue form, and are presented on stage.
Drama or Play
A fictional story set in the past, and often based on events that really took place, like World War II.
Historical Fiction
A fictional story that tells how something came to be in nature, like "How the Tiger Got Its Stripes".
Pourquoi (Why) Tale
A short composition that states the author's viewpoint on a subject
Essay
A book of synonyms.
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