Setting
Characters
Authors
What's It For?
Tip Off!
100
This setting is in the past.
Historical Fiction
100

In this genre, animals talk and act like people.

Fantasy or Fable

100

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

Folk Tale

100

This genre teaches a moral lesson.

Fables

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

This setting can be imaginary

Sci-Fi, Fantasy or Fairy Tale

200

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

Fantasy or Fairy Tales

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

You want to learn to play the guitar and need sheet music to play your favorite song.  

Non-fiction

200

This genre is epic & explain the natural world.  Most famous are Greek, Roman, Norse, & African.  

Myth

300

Settings in this genre are real often with real people.

Historical fiction

300

Characters do impossible things that could not really happen in real life (for example, fly around).

Sci-Fi or Fantasy

300

This story was originally not written down.

Folk tale or Legend

300

This genre is for giving us information on a topic of study.

Non-fiction

300
Crime to be solved
Mystery
400
This setting takes place in the future!
Science Fiction
400

This genre contains stories about a true national hero from the past.

Biography

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

Marvel and DC comics are an example of this genre.  

Action & Adventure

400
A story that is meant to be acted out on the stage
Drama or a Play
500

The setting is like normal life, but the characters aren't real people.  

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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