Genre 1
A story that is not true?
fiction
A story that is true?
Nonfiction
A fiction story that could not happen in real life?
example: The Lord of the Rings
Fantasy
A nonfiction story of a person's whole life?
Biography
Writing that is filled with emotion, has a rhythmic quality and can include rhyming?
Poem
Fiction that can happen in real life?
Realistic Fiction
Story that often begins with "Once Upon a Time,' usually has a quality of magic involved?
example: Cinderella
Fairy Tale
A story that the characters are normally animals and teaches a moral/lesson?
Fable
Example: Paul Bunyan
Tall Tale
A nonfiction story about a specific event in a person's life?
Personal Narrative
A letter trying to make someone change their view on a topic.
Persuasive Essay
A story that is intended for performance by actors. Example: play, opera, ballet
Drama
Stories that are based in history, take place in a particular time period in the past that are not true.
Historical fiction
Stories that have stanzas and lines instead of paragraphs.
Poems
A story that mostly has animals as the main characters where one character has a problem and tricks others into getting their way.
Trickster Tales
Beliefs and customs that are told over the years and passed down generation to generation.
Folklore
The Dairy of Anne Frank is an example of what genre?
Autobiography
The "I survived" series is an example of what genres?
Historical or Realistic Fiction
Our Social Studies book is an example of what genre
Nonfiction
Roses are Red, Violets are blue... is an example of what genre?
Poem
The narrator in 'Eleven' is an example of what genre?
Realistic Fiction
The Third Grade Program, The Greatest Show is an example of what genre?
Drama
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone is an example of what genre?
Fantasy
An account of a person's life told by that person using I, me, and my is what genre?
autobiography
Made up Stories that blend fact and fiction with futuristic space/technology.
Example: Star Wars
Science fiction