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Fiction Genres
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adventure | a story in which the main character faces exciting obstacles |
| fantasy | story that contains characters or events that could not happen in real life |
| folktales/fables | short stories passed around by word of mouth that teach a moral or lesson |
| historical fiction | story based on actual people, events or time periods in history with elements not based on fact |
| mythology | story that is created to explain natural occurrences that were puzzling to people in the past |
| mystery | a story that is based on a puzzling crime |
| realistic fiction | a story that is about imagined events that could happen in real life or characters that are like real people |
| science fiction | a story that uses science and technology to create events that cannot happen in real life |
| Genre | a category or type of book |