Major Genres
Fiction Subgenres
Folklore Subgenres
Nonfiction Subgenres
Nonfiction References
100
Works that are created from one's imagination.
What is fiction?
100
This type of fiction is created to make readers scared.
What is horror?
100

A suspenseful story about a puzzling event that is not solved until the end of the story.

What is a mystery?

100
A story about a person's life
What is a biography?
100
A book that has words and their definitions
What is a dictionary?
200
Works that are factual and true.
What is a nonfiction?
200
A fictional story with strange settings and unreal characters. Harry Potter is an example.
What is fantasy?
200
A story with gods and goddesses.
What is myth?
200
A piece of writing that is given orally in front of an audience
What is a speech?
200
A book that has maps of continents, countries, and states
What is an atlas?
300
Works that are written in verse form, and often have rhyming patterns.
What is poetry?
300
A fictional story designed to be funny and make the reader laugh.
What is humorous?
300
A story that has royal characters, magic, and a happy ending.
What is a fairy tale?
300
Any piece of writing that give facts about a topic
What is informational text?
300
Alphabetically organized information in the form of a set of volumes (ex. Volume A, Volume B).
What is a set of encyclopedias?
400

Imaginative works that are based on oral stories from long ago.

What is a folktale?

400
A fictional story set in the future, often with aliens.
What is science fiction?
400
A short story with animal characters that has a moral or lesson at the end.
What is a fable?
400
The story of a person's life written by that person.
What is an autobiography?
400
A book published yearly that gives current information on various topics, like fashion, world records, music, etc.
What is an almanac?
500
Works that are written in dialogue form, and are presented on stage.
What is drama, or plays?
500
A fictional story set in the past, and often based on events that really took place, like World War II.
What is historical fiction?
500
A story that tells how something came to be in nature, like "How the Rabbit Got Its Tail".
What is a pourquoi tale?
500
A short composition that states the author's viewpoint on a subject
What is an essay?
500
A book of synonyms.
What is a thesaurus?
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