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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
100
The authors of this genre prepare with lots of research and must always check their facts
Non-fiction (or informational)
100
This genre can teach a lesson; an example is "The Tortoise and the Hare."
Folktale (fable)
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
Fairy Tale
200
Someone writes about his or her own life in this genre
Autobiography
200
If you love to read about athletes, this is the genre for you
Sports
200
This genre has a rhythm or a beat
Poetry
300
Settings in this genre are real moments in history; the rest of the story is not real.
Historical fiction
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.
Non-fiction (or informational)
300
Crime to be solved
Mystery
400
This setting takes place in the future!
Science Fiction
400
The characters in this genre communicate with speech bubbles
Graphic Novel
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!
FairyTale
400
This genre may contain talking animals
Fantasy OR Folktale
500
The setting of the story could actually exist
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 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