| 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 or Drama | a story for stage performance by actors |
| Folk Tale | an anonymous, timeless, and placeless story that was originally told rather than written |
| Personal Narrative | a story that is written in the first person (I) and tells a true story about something that is important to the author |
| Narrative Nonfiction | tells a true story in time order, may include opinions and facts |
| Pourquoi Tale | a type of folktale that explains why something in nature came to be the way it is today, usually has animal characters |
| Tall Tale | tells about impossible happenings, uses realistic details, includes humorous events and often exaggerates events or the abilities of a hero |
| Fable | a story, usually about animals with human-like traits, teaches a lesson or moral |
