Genre
Unique features
Examples
Definitions
Literary Elements (not genres)
100

biography

What is a story about a person's life written by another person called?

100
autobiography
What is the story of a real person's life called?
100

Walk Two Moons genre

What is realistic fiction?

100

the way a story is written and its purpose

What is genre?

100

The beginning of a story where characters get introduced.

What is exposition?

200

tall tale

What is a story that includes realistic places with characters who do larger than life feats?

200

poetry or drama

What genre can be both fiction and non-fiction?

200

lines and stanzas

What is poetry?

200
the story of a real person's life written by another person
What is a biography?
200

the time and place where a story takes place

What is setting?

300
realistic fiction
What is a story that could be real but is not?
300
fantasy
What genere has magic in it that could not happen?
300

True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

What is a action/adventure fiction?

300
a story that might have magic or talking animals
What is fantasy?
300

points on a plot diagram that move the story forward

What is rising action?

400
science fiction
What is a story about space, time travel or aliens?
400

fantasy or myths or folktales

What genre has a story that is passed down over time and that MAY use magic, teach a lesson or come from a different culture?

400

Out of the Dust, The Titanic, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

What is historical fiction?

400
Has verse, rhythm, and written in a special way
What is poetry?
400

a person tells the reader how he or she talks, feels, and thinks about things

What is first person point of view?

500
informational
What genre can you get information from?
500
historical fiction
What genre has facts based on history?
500

Star Wars, A Wrinkle in Time Lawn Boy or The Time Machine, The Giver

What is science fiction?

500
made up story that sounds real but is not
What is realistic fiction?
500

story teaches a lesson or moral

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