Exploring Narrative Text Types
FOLKLORE
Stories connected to community or culture; A form of expression or a narrative that contributes a given cultural heritage.
Forms of expression that also include art, songs, dances, sayings, beliefs, superstitions and cultural practices.
Cultural Narratives
Fables
Folktales
Legends
Myths
Traditional Tales
NON FICTION
Non-fiction narratives are texts that are told in a story form but contain facts and truths as experienced by or shared with the author. They are facts shared in an interesting and engaging way.
Autobiography
Biography
Recount
FICTION
Fiction narratives are based are imaginative and contain interesting possibilities, unknown in the real world. They can include magical and imagined characters and elements, fantastical ideas, predictions and problems.
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Fairy Tales