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 (Fiction)

100

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

Traditional Literature (fiction)

100

This genre teaches a moral lesson.

Traditional Literature (FICTION)

100

Usually involves a lot of drama, gives us stage directions

Drama/ Play

200

This setting can be imaginary

Fantasy or Fairy Tale (Fiction)

200

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

Traditional Literature (or fairy tales) (Fiction)

200

Someone writes about his or her own life in this genre

Non-Fiction

200

To be acted out by authors 

Drama or play

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 (non fiction)

300

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

Fantasy (Fiction)

300

This story was originally not written down

Folk tale (Fiction)

300

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

Informational (non-fiction)

300

Has a beginning, middle, and end. (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution)

Fiction

400
This setting takes place in the future!
Science Fiction
400

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

Informational (Non fiction)

400

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

Biography (non fiction)

400

Has a deeper meaning, portrays emotions. 

Poetry

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

The setting of the story doesn't really exist but it is modeled after a place that really does exist

Realistic fiction

500

This genre has characters that are solving problems using clues.

Mystery (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 (Nonfiction)

500

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

Science (Fiction)