This type of fiction often has the main character searching for clues to solve a puzzling situation, or a crime.
What is mystery?
100
A story based on the life of a real folk hero, detailing many of the hero's great deeds.
What is a legend?
100
The story of a person's life, written by a different person.
What is a biography?
100
A book that has words and their definitions
What is a dictionary?
200
Works that are factual and true.
What is a nonfiction?
200
A fictional story with strange settings and characters that often do unrealistic, or impossible things. 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. Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" is one example.
What is a speech?
200
A book that has maps of continents, countries, and states
What is an atlas?
300
Works that are written in verse form, and often have rhyming patterns.
What is poetry?
300
A fictional story set in the past, sometimes including real events or characters from history.
What is historical fiction?
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?
300
Alphabetically organized information in the form of a set of volumes (ex. Volume A, Volume B).
What is a set of encyclopedias?
400
Imaginative works that are based on oral stories from long ago. (Passed down from generation to generation)
What is folklore?
400
A fictional story set in the future, often with aliens, robots and advanced technology.
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?
400
A book published yearly that gives current information on various topics, like fashion, world records, music, etc.
What is an almanac?
500
Works that are written in dialogue form, and are presented on stage.
What is drama, or plays?
500
A fictional story with events and characters dealing with situations people often face in real life.
What is realistic fiction?
500
A story that has many unbelievable, or highly exaggerated details, told as if they were true. For example: the main character is 30 feet tall and can chop down 100 trees in an hour.
What is a tall tale?
500
A short composition that states the author's viewpoint on a subject