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Genre of Literature
7th Grade Genre Terms
Question | Answer |
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A person's life story written by that person | autobiography |
A person's life story written by another person | biography |
A play; a form of literature meant to be performed by actore before an audience | drama |
Story about fairies or other magical creatures, usually for children | fairy tale |
An imaginary story | fiction |
A simple story that has been handed down by word of mouth from one generation to another | folk tale |
Traditions, customs, and stories that are passed along by word of mouth with a culture | folklore |
A type of literature | genre |
A story handed down from the past about a specific person. | legend |
Writing that tells about real people, places, and events. | nonfiction |
Narration demonstrating a useful truth, especially in which animals speak as humans; legendary, supernatural tale. | fable |
Fiction with strange or other worldly settings or characters; fiction which invites suspension of reality. | fantasy |
Story with fictional characters and events in a historical setting. | historical fiction |
Fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets. | mystery |
Legend or traditional narrative, often based in part on historical events, that reveals human behavior and natural phenomena by its symbolism; often pertaining to the actions of the gods. | mythology |
Verse and rhythmic writing with imagery that creates emotional responses, written in free verse or stanas | poetry |
Story that can actually happen and is true to life. | realistic fiction |
Story based on impact of actual, imagined, or potential science, usually set in the future or on other planets. | science fiction |
Humorous story with blatant exaggerations, swaggering heroes who do the impossible with nonchalance. | tall tale |
Public address or discourse. | speech |
A short literary composition that reflects the author's outlook or point. | essay |
records of historical events | historical documents |
A collectionof simple, unbiased reports of current events, along with editorials, reviews, and features. | newspaper or newsmagazine |
A narrative poem about about a legendary hero. | an epic |
A piece of prose fiction with usually fewer than 10,000 words | shory story |
a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes. | novel |
a fictional prose narrative that is longer and more complex than a short story; a short novel. | novella |