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.
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.
Literary Genres
Fiction
Nonfiction
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