| A | B |
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| historical fiction | fiction that explores a past time period |
| humor | the quality that provokes laughter or amusement |
| legend | a story handed down from the past about a specific person, usually someone heroic |
| main idea | the most important point that a writer wishes to express |
| memoir | a specific type of autobiography about the author's personal experiences |
| mood | the feeling that a literary work conveys to readers |
| moral | a lesson that a story teaches |
| myth | a traditional story that attempts to explain creation and the way of the world |
| narrative | any writing that tells a story |
| nonfiction | a type of writing that explains ideas/tells about real people/places/events |
| oral history | stories of people's lives related by word of mouth |
| plot | the sequence of related events that make up a story |
