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This document defines and describes various genres of fiction and nonfiction writing. It outlines subgenres of fiction such as drama, fable, fairy tale, fantasy, historical fiction, horror, humor, legend, mystery, mythology, poetry, realistic fiction, science fiction, short story, and tall tale. It also defines nonfiction genres including biography/autobiography, essay, narrative nonfiction, and speech. The document provides brief descriptions of each genre to explain its basic characteristics or subject matter.

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All Fiction

This document defines and describes various genres of fiction and nonfiction writing. It outlines subgenres of fiction such as drama, fable, fairy tale, fantasy, historical fiction, horror, humor, legend, mystery, mythology, poetry, realistic fiction, science fiction, short story, and tall tale. It also defines nonfiction genres including biography/autobiography, essay, narrative nonfiction, and speech. The document provides brief descriptions of each genre to explain its basic characteristics or subject matter.

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All Fiction

Drama
Stories composed in verse or prose, usually for theatrical performance, where conflicts
and emotion are expressed through dialogue and action.

Fable
Narration demonstrating a useful truth, especially in which animals speak as humans;
legendary, supernatural tale.

Fairy Tale
Story about fairies or other magical creatures, usually for children.

Fantasy
Fiction with strange or other worldly settings or characters; fiction which invites
suspension of reality.

Fiction
Narrative literary works whose content is produced by the imagination and is not
necessarily based on fact.

Fiction in Verse
Full-length novels with plot, subplot(s), theme(s), major and minor characters, in which
the narrative is presented in (usually blank) verse form.

Folklore
The songs, stories, myths, and proverbs of a people or "folk" as handed down by word
of mouth.

Historical Fiction
Story with fictional characters and events in a historical setting.

Horror
Fiction in which events evoke a feeling of dread in both the characters and the reader.

Humor
Fiction full of fun, fancy, and excitement, meant to entertain; but can be contained in all
genres
Legend
Story, sometimes of a national or folk hero, which has a basis in fact but also includes
imaginative material.

Mystery
Fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets.

Mythology
Legend or traditional narrative, often based in part on historical events, that reveals
human behavior and natural phenomena by its symbolism; often pertaining to the
actions of the gods.

Poetry
Verse and rhythmic writing with imagery that creates emotional responses.

Realistic Fiction
Story that can actually happen and is true to life.

Science Fiction
Story based on impact of actual, imagined, or potential science, usually set in the future
or on other planets.

Short Story
Fiction of such brevity that it supports no subplots.

Tall Tale
Humorous story with blatant exaggerations, swaggering heroes who do the impossible
with nonchalance.

All Nonfiction
Biography/Autobiography
Narrative of a person's life, a true story about a real person.

Essay
A short literary composition that reflects the author's outlook or point.

Narrative Nonfiction
Factual information presented in a format which tells a story.
Nonfiction
Informational text dealing with an actual, real-life subject.

Speech
Public address or discourse.

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