| A | B |
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| 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 |
| Reference | information sources such as encyclopedias, yearbooks, directories, and atlases |
| Information | a book or article that introduces the reader to various topical material and "how to" information on various subjects |
| Newspaper | a daily or weekly publication of current events |
| Poetry | words arranged in metrical pattern, often using rhymed verse in an imaginative style |
| Play | a story for stage performance by actors |
| Folk Tale | an anonymous, timeless, and placeless story that was originally told rather than written |
| fable | a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral |
| legend | a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated-- "the legend of King Arthur" |
| tall tale | a story with unbelievable elements, related as if it were true and factual |
