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Literary Genres (6)
Literary Genres
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| autobiography | A person's life story written by himself or herself (non-fiction) |
| fantasy | Highly imaginative fiction that uses strange or unusual character,setting,and plot (fiction) |
| informational | Articles that give facts on a variety of subjects. (non-fiction) |
| science fiction | Fiction that deals with phonema or technology (fiction) |
| mystery | Story that includes secrets or crimes to be solved (fiction and non-fiction) |
| realistic fiction | Believeable fiction that is set in the present ; characters take part in activies that could have happened (fiction) |
| folk tale | A story that has no known author and was generally passed on from 1 generation to another word of mouth (fiction) |
| biography | A person's life story written by another person (non-fiction) |
| poetry | A kind of rhythmic,compressed language that uses figures of speech and imagery to appeal to our emotions and imagintaion. Written in LINES and STANZAS (fiction and non-fiction) |
| historical fiction | Fiction that is set in the past ; characters take part in actual historical event & interact with real people in the past (fiction) |