| A | B |
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| Fiction | stories with imaginary characters and events |
| Realistic Fiction | stories with characters who take part in activities that could really happen |
| Historical Fiction | stories set in the past with characters who take part in actual historical events |
| Science Fiction | stories involving actual or future scientific phenomena |
| Fantasy | stories set in make-believe worlds, often with non-human characters |
| Mystery | stories with characters who try to solve a crime or unexplained event |
| Nonfiction | true stories of actual events or characters |
| Biography | a person's life story written by another person |
| Autobiography | A person's life story written by himself or herself |
| Reference | information sources such as encyclopedias, yearbooks, directories, and atlases |
| Poetry | words arranged in metrical pattern, often using rhymed verse in an imaginative style |
| Drama | includes skits and plays |
| Folk Tale | an anonymous, timeless, and placeless story that was originally told rather than written |
| Essays | short pieces of writing on a single subject, usually presenting the personal view of the author |
| Adventure | a type of realistic fiction that are exciting and usually has an aspect of peril, threat, or danger |
| Humorous | stories that are primarily written to entertain or amuse |
| Fables | short moral stories that try to teach a lesson |
| Fairy Tales | fictional stories in which magical things happen |
| Myths and Legends | stories that often attempt to explain why things are the way they are now |
| Horror | fiction stories in which events evoke a feeling of dread in both the characters and the reader |
