Nonfiction, fiction, and genre
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jleighton2 on October 12, 2011
Subjects:
english, language arts, reading, literature
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13 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 genre | a major category or type of literature |
| fiction | a literary work that is made up; created in someone's mind; not based entirely on truth |
| nonfiction | literary works that are based on true information; not made up - essays - biographies - autobiographies - news articles - resource materials e.g., encyclopedia articles, Internet research articles |
| fantasy | A highly imaginative story that contains magic, creatures, or other supernatural heroes etc. |
| science fiction | combines elements of fiction and fantasy with scientific fact that is usually set in the future |
| realistic fiction | a story that is made up but it's believable and could happen |
| historical fiction | Story with fictional characters and events in a historical setting. |
| poetry | A kind of rhythmic, compressed language that uses figures of speech and imagery designed to appeal to our emotions and imagination. |
| biography | story of a person's life written by another person |
| memoir | A book a person writes about a particular time in his or her life; it does NOT cover from birth to death |
| mystery | fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets |
| autobiography | Story of a person's life written by that person |
| informational | books that are consulted for factual or background knowledge; they are not meant to be read cover to cover; dictionary, atlas, thesaurus, encyclopedia, almanac, etc. |
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