Genres of Literature

We're going to review the different types of literary genres.

A major category or particular type of literature

The story of a real person's life written by another person.

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The story of a real person's life written by that person.

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Non-Fiction

A text that explains a topic using facts. It often contains diagrams, charts, graphs and photographs with captions.

Non-Fiction

A story that uses fictional (made-up) characters and is set in present time. The events in the book did not happen but they could.

A story that uses fictional (made-up) characters, and is often set in the future.

It can use elements of science and technology. (Think of robots, space, and futuristic technology).

A story that includes events that could NEVER happen in real life.

It may include characters that could not really exist.

It may have magic and talking animals.

A story that takes place in the past during a specific time period.

Often the setting is real but the characters are made up.

A story about a puzzling event that is usually not solved until the end of the story.

It is usually suspenseful, and the characters uncover clues throughout the story.

Verse written to create a response of thought and feeling in the reader.

It often uses rhyme and rhythm (but it does not have to include those elements).

Fictional (made-up stories) from long ago. They include: myths, fables, legends, tall tales, folk tales, and fairy tales.

A true story about a portion of a person's life or event in a person's life written by that person.

True stories and/or information.​