Category 1
Stories that blend fact and fiction with futuristic technology
What is Science Fiction?
Made-up stories that could really happen
What is Realistic Fiction?
A genre that aims to create a sense of fear, panic, alarm, and dread for the audience
What is Horror?
What is Mystery?
Make believe story, usually happened long ago, with magic or evil person, is a happily ever after type of folk tale
What is Fairy Tale?
Made-up stories that could be based on true facts that take place in a certain time and place in the past
What is Historical Fiction?
Imaginative use of words, rhythmic words, and compact structure
What are Nursery Rhymes?
Explains something about the world. Involves Gods/Goddesses and superhuman beings.
May be based on a real hero with exaggerated actions to represent the values of people
What is Legend?
Genre of stories passed down through generations that people told one another over time. Includes fairy tales, trickster tales, fables, tall tales, legends, and myths
What is Folk Tale?
Smaller/more intelligent character outwits bigger/less intelligent character, animal or human, shows culture's wisdom of human nature, type of folk tale
What is Trickster Tale?
A folktale with unbelievable exaggerations told as if it were true and meant to be humorous.
What is Tall Tale?
Stories that include supernatural, fantastic creatures and places, talking animals with human characteristics, and/or magic or magical powers
What is Fantasy?
Verse written to inspire thoughts and feelings in the reader
What is Poetry?
Describes fictional societies that are extremely unpleasant and undesirable, often presented as a nightmarish future or alternate reality where the environment is destroyed, a repressive government controls society, and individual freedoms are lost in favor of a collective ideal
What is Dystopian?
Short tale that teaches a moral or lesson, often with talking animals
What is Fable?