| A | B |
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| Animal Fantasy | stories with animal characters that behave like people |
| 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 in which unbelievable things happen, often involving magic |
| Mystery | stories with characters who try to solve a crime or unexplained event |
| Biography | a person's life story written by another person |
| Autobiography | A person's life story written by himself or herself |
| Poetry | words arranged in metrical pattern, often using rhymed verse in an imaginative style |
| Play or Drama | a story for stage performance by actors |
| Folk Tale | an anonymous, timeless, and placeless story that was originally told rather than written |
| Expository Nonfiction | provides information and facts about the real world |
| Narrative Nonfiction | gives information about real people and events in the form of a story |
| Fable | a story that teaches a lesson or moral |
| Fairy Tales | a story where good battles evil and has a happy ending |
