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| Genre | Different types of books |
| Fiction | Writing that is made up |
| Realistic Fiction | Made up story, but could happen in real life |
| Historical Fiction | Made up story with historical events or people |
| Fantasy | Made up story in an invented world, laws of nature do not apply |
| Folktale | Stories handed down by word of mouth for generations |
| Mystery | Made up story involving a crime |
| Suspense | Anxious curiosity you feel about what will happen next |
| Cliffhanger | A suspenseful ending to book or chapter |
| Symbolism | When something stands for something else as well |
| Onomatopoeia | Words whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning |
| Alliteration | Repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words close together |
| Refrain | A repeated word, phrase throughout a story or song |
| Nonfiction | Writing that is real and based on facts |
| Autobiography | A story of a person's life written by that person |
| Biography | A story of a person's life written by another person |
| Thesaurus | Book of synonyms |
| Dictionary | Book of words and their meanings |
| Index | Section in back of book telling what page items are on |
| Glossary | Section in a textbook that gives definitions to words in that book |
