Literary Genres Worksheet and Sorting Activity

Pupils match the literary genres with their definitions and then give examples of each genre.

The activity comes as both a sorting activity and as a worksheet. Answers are included.

Carry out this activity before making predictions about a new text based on its front cover.

The following literary genres are included:
• Autobiography
• Biography
• Fable
• Fairy tale
• Fantasy
• Folktale
• Historical fiction
• Informational
• Legend
• Mystery
• Myth
• Poetry
• Science fiction
• Tall tale

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