A Brief List of Genres:

• Biography • Comedy Routine or Parody • Autobiography/memoir • Liner Notes • Personal essay • Picture book • Interview • Chart or Diagram with Explanation • Personal letter and Analysis • Journal Entries • Brochure • Personal Letter • Newsletter • Greeting Card • Timeline or Chain of Events • Schedule/Things to Do List • Map with Explanation and Analysis • Inner Monologue Representing • Magazine or TV Advertisement or Internal Conflicts Infomercial • Classified or Personal Ads • Restaurant Description and Menu • Top Ten List • Travel Brochure Description • Poetry • How-To or Directions Booklet • Song Lyrics • Receipts, Applications, Deeds, • Song Budgets or Other Documents • Contest Entry Application • Wedding, Graduation or Special • Business Letter or Event Invitation Correspondence/Persuasive or • Birth Certificate Advocacy Letter • Local News Report • Biographical Summary • Pop-Up book • Critique of a Published Source • Review and Poster for a Movie, Book, • Speech or Debate or TV Program • Textbook Article • Board Game or Trivial Pursuit with • Science Article or Report/Business Answers and Rules Article or Report • Comic orr Graphic Novel excerpt • Lesson Plan • Power Point Presentation • Encyclopedia Article • Informational Video • Short Scene from a Play with Notes • Web Site for Stage Directions • Future News Story • Short Scene from a Movie with Notes • Letter to the Editor for Camera Shots • Newspaper or Magazine • Dialogue of a Conversation among Feature/Human Interest Story Two or More People • Obituary, Eulogy or Tribute • Short Story • News Program Story or • Adventure Magazine Story Announcement • Ghost Story • Tabloid Article • Myth, Tall Tale, or Fairy Tale • Text message thread • Talk Show Interview or Panel • Tweet storm/thread • Recipe and Description of Traditional • Instagram story Holiday Events • Video • Classroom Discussion • Police report • Case Study • Email exchange • Movie review • Drawing/Line art • Op-ed • Photo