Skip to content
Star-shaped literary genres word search with words like memoir, satire, and historical fiction.
Word Search

Literary Genres Word Search

View Word Search →

Download as-is, or customize
to fit your needs.

About:

This 35-word word search covers literary genres and text types for middle school students. Hidden words include memoir, historical fiction, magical realism, science fiction, and satirе, spanning classic genres, modern forms, and analytical approaches. Use it during a literature unit, as a warm-up for genre study, or as a reference handout when introducing different writing styles.

Subject:
English / Language Arts
Topic:
Reading
Grade Level:
6th – 8th Grades
Updated December 2022

Word List

  • ALLEGORY
  • AUTOBIOGRAPHY
  • BIOGRAPHY
  • DRAMA
  • ESSAY
  • FABLE
  • FANTASY
  • FICTION
  • FOLKTALE
  • HISTORICALDOCUMENT
  • HISTORICALFICTION
  • INFORMATIONALTEXT
  • INTERVIEW
  • LEGALDOCUMENT
  • LETTER
  • LITERARYTHEORY
  • MAGICALREALISM
  • MEMOIR
  • MYTH
  • NEWS
  • NONFICTION
  • OPINION
  • PARABLE
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • POEM
  • POLITICALTHEORY
  • PSYCHOLOGY
  • SATIRE
  • SCIENCEFICTION
  • SHORTSTORY
  • SPEECH
  • SKILLLESSON
  • PRIMARYSOURCE
  • QUOTATION
  • RELIGIOUSTEXT

How to Use This Word Search

Print this word search for early finishers, vocabulary review, or classroom warm-ups. Click 'View Word Search' to change the grid size, swap words, or adjust difficulty before downloading.

Related Activities

Sports Day Quiz

This printable reading comprehension worksheet gives 4th graders eight multiple-choice questions based on a sports day narrative.

Percy Jackson Reading Comprehension: Chapters 11–13

This reading-comprehension worksheet gives 6th graders six questions on chapters 11–13, covering key plot points and character details from Percy Jackson.

The Big Sleep Word Search

This 10-word word search covers key characters and plot elements from Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep for high school students.

The Big Sleep Word Search

This 10-word word search features characters and creators from Raymond Chandler's noir detective novel The Big Sleep and its 1946 film adaptation.

Roaring Twenties 2 Word Search

This 10-word Roaring Twenties word search covers 1920s American history for Grades 7–9 solvers.

September 11 Attacks: A Story of Courage

This printable reading worksheet for 1st grade tells the story of Frank Razzano and firefighter Jeff Johnson during September 11, 2001.

Browse More Activities