| A | B |
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| Non-Fiction | writing about real people, places, and events |
| Fiction | writing that tells a made-up story |
| Poetry | writing that uses imaginative and musical language to tell about ideas and feelings |
| Folktale | a story that was originally told rather than written |
| Drama | a story designed to be acted out |
| Biography | the story of a person's real life told by someone else |
| Autobiography | the story of a person's real life, written by the person |
| Mystery | a story solving a puzzling crime or another suspenseful event |
| Historical Fiction | a made up story that takes place during an actual time in history |
| Science Fiction | a story where science is used to create an extraordinary plot |
| Realistic Fiction | a story set in the present and has events that could actually happen |
