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| Genres | A kind of fiction or nonfiction story. |
| Folktales | An exaggerated story that has been shared over generations by word of mouth to convey a tradition. |
| Legend | A folktale that is based on a real person or event. |
| Fairy Tales | Folktales that usually include magical elements. |
| Fable | A folktale that teaches a moral or a lesson, often including animals as characters. |
| Biography | Nonfiction that is informational writing about real people. |
| Autobiography | Nonfiction that is a biography of a person written by himself or herself. |
| Historical Fiction | A book that takes place in a familiar time period from the past. The events are usually based on a historical event. |
| Informational | A book written with factual information about a topic. It usually has a glossary, index, and table of contents. |
