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| genre | a category into which literature can be divided (such as poetry, science fiction, drama) |
| myth | a story that often deals with gods or goddesses; many are used to explain the origin of natural phenomena (like why the sun is in the sky) |
| legend | a story, which may be partially or wholly true, about a hero or heroine |
| tall tale | a story with wildly exagerrated events and characters (like Paul Bunyan) |
| fable | a short tale, usually with animal characters, told to illustrate a moral, or point about how people should behave (such as "The Tortoise and the Hare") |
| folk tale | a story that was originally passed down from generation to generation |
| prose | the ordinary language of people in speaking or writing |
| dialect | a form of language that is spoken in a particular place or by a particular group of people |
| poetry | writing that is in verse form instead of paragraph form |
| drama | a piece of writing designed to be acted out |
| dialogue | words spoken by characters |
