| A | B |
| diary | direct address, personal details, informal writing style |
| historical fiction journal | dates, setting, daily experiences, characters |
| poem | rhyming words, image, stanzas |
| memoir | personal pronouns; interesting facts and memories; has beginning, middle, and end; feelings; setting |
| historical fiction | events, dates of events in history, real people, real places |
| play | scenes, narrator, characters, dialogue |
| realistic fiction | setting, characters, events that could happen in real life, problem |
| first-person narrative | story, personal pronouns (I, we, me, us), problem, problem resolution |
| speech | personal style, direct address (spoken directly to audience), audience reaction |
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