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What's It For?
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100

This genres' setting takes place 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
Traditional Literature (folk tale)
100
This genre teaches a moral lesson.
Traditional Literature (fables)
100
Facts about a person's life
Biography or Autobiography
200

This setting can be imaginary

Fantasy or Fairy Tale

200
This type of genre often has princes or princesses or magical characters
Traditional Literature (or fairy tales)
200
Someone writes about his or her own life in this genre
Autobiography
200

This is another way to describe a non-fiction book 

Informational

200
This genre has a rhythm or a beat
Poetry
300

Settings in this genre are real with real people? 


Non-fiction, History, biography or autobiography

300
Characters do impossible things that could not really happen in real life (for example, fly around).
Fantasy
300

These stories were originally not written down but told verbally

Folk tale and fables

300

Based on true facts not made-up.

Non-ficition/Informational

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

This genre contains stories about true facts. Text that provides facts and true information.

Informational Text, Biography, and Autobiography

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

Good overcomes evil and the princess is rescued by her prince!

Traditional Literature (fairytale or in fantasy)

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

A story with made-up characters and events that could happen in real life.

Realistic fiction

500

A fictional story with real people and invented characters that take place sometime in the past

Historical Fiction

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