• Genre

     

    Fiction

     

    • Adventure
        • Stories with exciting activity
        • May include spies
        • Presents an obstacle that is resolved

     

     

    • Animal Fiction
        • Has talking animals
        • Animals act like people
        • May be stories about kids and their pets

     

     

    • Fantasy
        • Has a magical element
        • Has magical/mythical characters
        • Includes good versus evil

     

     

    • Historical Fiction
        • Historical People and events in a story possibly with some fictitious characters
        •  Can be distinguished from non-fiction by the inclusion of conversations with quotes (i.e. he said, she said)

     

     

    • Horror
        • Exceptionally scary stories

     

     

    • Humorous Fiction
        • Funny stories

     

     

    • Mystery
        • Whodunit stories
        • May include a crime and investigation
        • May be a question to be answered
        • Includes suspense and climax

     

     

    • Realistic Fiction
        • Made-up stories taking place in modern times
        • Normally involving family, friends and/or relationships
        • Stories could happen
        • Stories that helps us learn about ourselves
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    • Scary Stories
        • Suspenseful, but not as scary as horror

     

     

    • Science Fiction
        • Futuristic stories dealing with technology and/or space

     

     

     

    Non-Fiction

     

    • Biography-
        • Book about a person or group of persons

     

     

    • Folklore
        • Fairy tales, Fables, Myths, Legends

     

     

    • Informational
        • Describing a topic

     

     

    • Poetry
        • Verse