Genre Flashcards
a brief story used to illustrate a point
Anecdote
the story of a person’s life, written and told by that person
Autobiography
the story of a person’s life, written and told by another person
Biography
the kind of writing that creates a clear image of something usually by using details that appeal to one or more of the senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch
Description
a story written to be acted for an audience
Drama
a short piece of nonfiction prose that examines a single subject
Essay
a brief story in prose or verse that teaches a moral or gives a practical lesson about how to get along in life
Fable
a prose account that is made up rather than true
Fiction
a story with no known author that originally passed down from one generation to another by word of mouth
Folk Tale
fiction represented in a setting true to the history of the time in which the story takes place
Historical Fiction
a story handed down from earlier times; its truth is popularly accepted but not verified
Legend
a story that explains something about the world and typically involves gods and other superhuman beings
Myth
the type of writing that tells a story
Narrative
prose writing that deals with real people, events, and places without changing any facts
Non-Fiction
a fictional story that is usually more than one hundred book pages long
Novel
