| A | B |
|---|
| Realistic Fiction | believable characters, setting, and plot |
| Historical Fiction | made-up story set in a certain time in history |
| Mystery | a story based on a puzzling crime |
| Fantasy | magical powers;talking animals;good and evil |
| Science Fiction | uses science or technology in the future |
| Fable | a story with a moral (message) |
| Folk Tales | shared orally and passed down |
| Mythology | tells of their origin, history, gods, and heroes |
| Tall Tale | has extreme exaggeration |
