| Term | Definition |
|---|
| biography | story of a person's life written by someone else |
| autobiography | story of a person's life written by that person |
| novel | long fiction story |
| short story | story that is only 500 to 15,000 words long |
| fantasy | story that takes place in an exaggerated world with bizarre characters |
| science fiction | story in which scientific facts, assumptions, or hypotheses form the basis of adventures in the future, on other planets, or in different dimensions |
| mystery | story in which the characters face a problem which seems beyond explanation |
| romance | story describing exotic or faraway places, heroic events, and passionate love |
| allegory | story in which the objects, persons, and actions represent meanings |
| fable` | brief story told to point out a moral, often with animals as main characters |
| legend | story written to glorify a human hero or object associated with some period in the history of a particular people |
| myth | story with supernatural characters and events that attempts to explain certain natural phenomena |
| tall tale | humorous story of the North American frontier written realistically to explain impossible deeds by a superhuman character |
Combine with other sets
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