Genres
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| Drama | stories composed in verse or prose, usually for theatrical performance, where conflicts and emotion are expressed through dialogue and action
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| Fable | narration demonstrating a useful truth, especially in which animals speak as humans; legendary, supernatural tale
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| Fairy tale | story about fairies or other magical creatures, usually for children
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| Fantasy | fiction with strange or other worldly settings or characters; fiction which invites suspension of reality
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| Fiction narrative | literary works whose content is produced by the imagination and is not necessarily based on fact
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| Folklore | the songs, stories, myths, and proverbs of a people or "folk" as handed down by word of mouth
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| Historical fiction | story with fictional characters and events in a historical setting
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| Horror | fiction in which events evoke a feeling of dread and sometimes fear in both the characters and the reader
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| Humor | usually a fiction full of fun,fancy, and excitement, meant to entertain and sometimes cause intended laughter; but can be contained in all genres
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| Legend | story, sometimes of a national or folk hero, that has a basis in fact but also includes imaginative material
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| Mystery | fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets
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| Mythology | legend oro traditional narrative,, often based in part on historical events, that reveals human behavior and natural phenomena by its symbolism; often pertaining to the actions of the gods
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| Poetry | verse and rhythmic writing with imagery that creates emotional responses
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| Realistic fiction | story that is true to life
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| Science fiction | story based on impact of actual, imagined, or potential science, usually set in the future or on other planets
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| Short story | fiction of such brevity that it supports no subplots
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| Tall tale | humorous story with blatant exaggerations, swaggering heroes who do the impossible with nonchalance
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| Fiction in verse | full-length novels with plot, subplot(s), theme(s), major and minor characters, in which the narrative is presented in (usually blank) verse form
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