Setting
Characters
Authors
What's It For?
Tip Off!
100

This setting for this made up story is in the past.

Historical Fiction

100

In this genre, animals talk and act like people.

Fantasy or Traditional Fiction (Fairy Tale or Fable)

100

This genre has many authors, passed down from generation to generation verbally

Traditional Literature or Folklore

100

This genre teaches a moral lesson.

Traditional Literature (fables)

100
Facts about a person's life
Biography or Autobiography
200

This setting can be imaginary

Fantasy or Fairy Tale

200

This type of genre often has princes or princesses or magical characters

Traditional Literature (fairy tales)

200
Someone writes about his or her own life in this genre
Autobiography
200

Creates a feeling of fear in both the characters and the reader

Horror

200
This genre has a rhythm or a beat
Poetry
300
Settings in this genre are real with real people.
Historical fiction, biography or autobiography
300
Characters do impossible things that could not really happen in real life (for example, fly around).
Fantasy
300

This story was originally not written down

Traditional Fiction or Folklore

300
This genre is for giving us information on a topic of study.
Informational
300
Crime to be solved
Mystery
400
This setting takes place in the future!
Science Fiction
400

This genre contains stories about national heroes from the past.

Informational 

400
This genre's author writes about others' lives, not their own.
Biography
400

Good overcomes evil and the princess is rescued by her prince!

Traditional Literature (fairy tale)

400
A story that is meant to be acted out on the stage
Drama or a Play
500
The setting of the story doesn't really exist but it is modeled after a place that really does exist
Realistic fiction
500
This genre has characters that are solving problems using clues.
Mystery
500
The authors in this genre love to rhyme their words.
Poetry
500
This genre allows you to see inside a person's life from their own point of view, not someone else's.
Autobiography
500
This genre might include stories about aliens and UFO's, or traveling through outer space
Science Fiction
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