A type of fantasy that uses science and technology. (Robots, time machines, etc.).
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Folktales
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A fairy-tale type story coming from spoken tradition.
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autobiography
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An account of a person's life written by that person
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legend
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a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated.
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realistic fiction
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A story using made-up characters that could happen in real life.
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non-fiction
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writing that tells about real people, places, and events
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fantasy
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A story containing unreal, imaginary features.
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poetry
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A kind of rhythmic, compressed language that uses figures of speech and imagery designed to appeal to our emotions and imagination.
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fable
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a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral.
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fiction
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a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
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tall tale
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A tall tale is a story with unbelievable elements, related as if it were true and factual. Some stories such as these are exaggerations of actual events
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Informational
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Texts that provide facts about a variety of topics (sports, animals, science, history, careers, travel, geography, space, weather, etc.)
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historical fiction
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A type of realistic fiction that takes place in a particular time period in the past. Often the setting is real, but the characters are made up from the author's imagination.
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mystery
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A truth about God and his saving plan that will always be beyond human understanding
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biography
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story of a person's life written by another person
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fairy tale
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a children's story about magical and imaginary beings and lands
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myth
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A traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society.
