Major Genres
Fiction Sungenres
Folklore Subgenres
Nonfiction Subgenres
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 story based on the life of a real folk hero, but has some imaginative parts to the story
What is a legend?
100
A story about a person's life
What is a biography?
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?
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 humor?

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?

400

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

What is folklore?

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?
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

Works that are written in verse form, and often have rhyming patterns.

What is Poetry?

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