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Forms of prose
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| short story | a brief work of fiction in which one or several characters experience a series of events |
| novel | a work of fiction that is one hundred pages or more |
| novella | a work longer than 20 pages but shorter than 100 pages |
| folk tale | a story with no known author that has been passed on from one generation to another by word of mouth |
| essay/article | short piece of prose that discusses a limited topic |
| biography | the story of a real person's life written by another person |
| autobiography | the story of a person's life written by that person |
| fiction | an imaginary story |
| non fiction | a story about real people, events, or ideas |