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Reading Genre's
Subject Specific
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| fantasy | a story including elements that are impossible such as talking animals or magical powers |
| science fiction | a type of fiction that uses science and technology (robots, time machines, etc.) |
| poetry | written in verse, uses rhythm and rhyme to help convey the author's meaning, and is meant to create a thought and feeling from the reader |
| historical fiction | stories that take place in a particular time period in the past in which the time and setting are real, but the characters are made up |
| modern literature | a story that has a known author with strong believable characters, can contain wonder and/or magical elements that deals with real life issues |
| fairy tales | a story that may contain wonder, magic, enchantments, fairy godmothers, wicked witches, talking animals, and/or magical objects |
| realistic fiction | a story with made up characters that could happen in real life |
| mystery | a suspenseful story about a puzzling event that is not solved until the end of the story |
| biography | the story of a real person's life that was written by another person |
| autobiography | the story of a real person's life written by that person |