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Mrs. Holm Genre term
Mrs. Holm's Genre terms
genre term | definition |
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Myth | stories from the remote past; they were considered sacred by the teller and audience |
Fable | a short moral story (often with animal characters |
Mystery: | a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie |
Historical fiction | A fiction story set in a real period in a nation’s past |
Epic | A long narrative poem about the adventures of a hero of great historic or legendary importance |
Drama | play: a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage |
Poetry | Traditional poetry is language arranged in lines, with a regular rhythm and often a definite rhyme scheme |
Science fiction | literature based on real or imagined developments in science or technology |
Biography | an account of the series of events making up a person's life |
Autobiography | biography of oneself |
Legend | have a historical basis and a recognizable place in the world. The basis may originally have been a real event or person. |
Fantasy | stories that involve beings and events that could not exist in real life |
Folktale: | stories that have been passed down to us over the years by real people |
Fairy Tales | usually have tales of wonder with magical elements with characters who could be fairies, pixies, elves, etc. |