Fiction
Non-Fiction
Books: Genre/Subgenre
Folklore
Main Genres
100

Could really happen but is a fake story

Realistic Fiction

100
Informs the reader about a specific topic

Informational

100

Harry Potter is what type of genre?

Fiction/Fantasy

100

A very short story that includes two characters and a moral.

Fable

100

This main genre comes from the author's imagination

Fiction

200

The Magic School Bus is an example of what genre of fiction?

Science Fiction

200

A true story about a person's life, and the author is someone else

Biography
200

Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank is what type of genre?

Non-Fiction/Autobiography

200

Includes royalty as characters, begins with once upon a time, and good always defeats evil.

Fairy Tale

200

This main genre is intended to be true, factual, informative.

Nonfiction

300

Fiction that has made up characters. Ex. Vampires, Faires

Fantsay

300

Written about someone's life and written by themselves

Autobiography

300

Story of Abraham Lincoln by John Williams is what type of genre?

Non-Fiction/Biography

300

Set in the wild west, funny, exaggerated, characters are based on real people.

Tall Tale

300

This main genre is meant to be acted out as a play, is written in dialogue form, and has scenes.

Drama
400

Fiction based on history but didn't actually happen

Historical Fiction

400

Teaches the reader

informational text

400

Diary of a Wimpy Kid is what type of genre?

Fiction/Realistic Fiction

400

Characters are gods/goddesses, explain events in nature and human behavior

myth

400

This main genre focuses of the beauty of language, rhyming, and using the five senses.

Poetry

500

Often includes magical/supernatural characters, magical lands, and magical powers.

Fantasy

500

Persuades the reader

Argumentative Writing
500

A Wrinkle in Time is what type of genre?

Fiction/Fantasy

500

Often set in older Europe, hero/heroine, actions are bigger than life.

Legend

500

This main genre is often shared verbally from generation to generation. Author's are often unknown.

Folklore