Literature Genres

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Literature Genres
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ADVENTURE

• Action stories set in exotic or forbidding
  places.

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AUTOBIOGRAPHY

• An account of a persons life written by that
  person.

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Biography

• An account of a persons life written by another
  person.

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DRAMA

• Prose or verse composition especially one telling
  a serious story, which is intended to be
  performed with character dialogue and action.

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Folk/Fairy Tales

• Timeless tales about oral tradition and/or
  fanciful creatures.

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Historical Fiction

• Fictional stories based on real events or popular
  beliefs.

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Mystery

• Stories about solving crimes or unraveling
  secrets.

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Mythology

• Symbolic stories explaining natural events or
  popular beliefs.

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Non Fiction

• Stories that provide real facts about real
  people, places, or things.

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NOVELS

• A prose narrative of considerable length usually
  having plot shown by the actions, speech, and
  thoughts of several characters.

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POETRY

• Verse that evokes an emotional response.

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Prose

• Ordinary spoken or written language in contrast
  to poetry.

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Realistic Fiction

• Imagined stories that could really happen in
  modern times.

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Science Fiction

• Fiction blended with scientific fact and/or
  imaginative elements.

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Short StoriesProse narratives of lesser length
usually having plot shown by one major character
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SPORTS

• Stories about characters engaged in athletic
  activies.