Writing Genres

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Across
  1. 3. Stories that come from the author's imagination.
  2. 4. Containing monsters, magic, or other supernatural elements.
  3. 5. Fiction A story that could have happened, but didn't.
  4. 7. Ends with death and sadness.
  5. 8. Provides informational on a topic.
  6. 12. Attempts to influence the reader.
  7. 14. Stories handed down through speech from generation to generation.
  8. 15. Has a happy ending.
  9. 17. Has gods or goddesses and often accounts for how something came to be.
  10. 19. A story of ones life told by another.
Down
  1. 1. Writing that is concerned with the beauty of language.
  2. 2. Fiction Based on a person or event from history.
  3. 4. tale A story with magic, monsters, and/or talking animals (like fiction/fantasy, but part of the oral tradition).
  4. 6. A story of ones life told by oneself.
  5. 9. Writing that is true or factual.
  6. 10. A very short story that has a moral or life lesson; usually has talking animals as main characters.
  7. 11. An exaggerated story about something that may have been real at one time.
  8. 13. fiction Dealing with aliens, the distant future, or advanced technology
  9. 16. Writing that is meant to be acted on stage (a play)
  10. 18. tale Stories set in the wild west; the main character's strengths, skills, or size have been exaggerated and the tone is funny.