| A | B |
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| genre | a word that means the type f literature |
| fiction | made up stories |
| nonfiction | true stories |
| fantasy | fiction that contains elements that are not realistic such as talking animals and magical powers |
| realistic fiction | stories that take place in modern time. The charecters are involved in events that could happen |
| folktale | an old story created b a group of people (cumulative authership) and passed down by word of mouth |
| legends | stories that tell about the great deeds of a hero and are based on historical truth |
| fairy tales | stories relating mysterious pranks and adventures of sup[ernatural nspirits |
| myths | stories that have supernatural explanations fpr natural events otr tells of the powers of gods, godesses, and heroes |
| fables | stories intended to teach a useful truth escpesially one in which animals speak like humans |
| tall tales | stories using realistic details and common speech to recount impossible happenings usually resulting from the superhuman abilities of a charecter |
| ghaost stories | old stories that often have supernatural spirits |
| humerous antedotes | a narrated incidnt from the life of a person. these claim elements of truth and cause laughter |
