| A | B |
|---|
| 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 |
| Folk Tale or Fable | an anonymous, timeless, and placeless story that was originally told rather than written |
