| A | B |
|---|
| fiction | not true |
| nonfiction | true |
| science fiction | stories often tell about science and technology of the future; often set in the future, in space, or in a different world or universe |
| folk tale | traditional story passed down orally long before being written down |
| myth | explain how things in the world were made by gods or by events |
| fable | main characters are usually animals that usually talk and act like people |
| short story | a work of fiction that is usually written in prose and usually in narrative format |
| parable | a short, fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or religious principle |
| play | a form of writing that gives speakers’ lines and stage directions and is meant to be performed on a stage |
