- fact: based on data or research
- fairy tale: stories involving magical creatures, tasks or journeys
- falling action: occurs just after the climax
- fiction: created stories; not based on real people
- flashback: characters thoughts about an event in the past
- folktale: story of simple people often involving the #3, 7
- foreshadowing: author warns the reader of coming events in the story
- generalization: a statement based on a number of events/data
- genre: type of fiction
- graphic organizer: a chart or log which helps configure thoughts
- historical fiction: created stories influenced by a true event
- homograph: words that are spelled the same with different meanings
- homonym: words that may sound the same but have different meanings
- hyperbole: exaggeration, often found in legends