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What's It For?
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100

The setting and events are in the past and real, but the characters are not.

Historical Fiction

100

In this genre, animals talk and act like people and teach some type of lesson.

Fable

100
This genre has many authors, passed down from generation to generation verbally
Traditional Literature (folk tale)
100

This genre often includes Greek Gods and Goddesses.

Myth

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

This setting is imaginary and usually magical.

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 -- look at the genre categories..... :)
Informational
200
This genre has a rhythm or a beat
Poetry
300
Settings in this genre are real with real people.
Historical fiction, biography or autobiography
300
Characters do impossible things that could not really happen in real life (for example, fly around).
Fantasy
300
This story was originally not written down
Folk tale
300
This genre is for giving us information on a topic of study.
Informational
300
Crime to be solved
Mystery
400
This setting takes place in the future!
Science Fiction
400

This genre is a story about a real person from the past.

Informational/biography

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!

Fairy Tale (Traditional Literature)

400

A story based on a real person or real thing, but told with a lot of exaggeration.

Tall Tale

500

The setting of the story doesn't really exist but it could be real.

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 is often portrayed as a 'true' story from the past although some of the details don't seem like they could happen.

Legend

500
This genre might include stories about aliens and UFO's, or traveling through outer space
Science Fiction