It is an exciting story, where risk and physical danger form the main storyline.

A story using made-up characters that could happen in real life.

A story including elements that are impossible such as talking animals or magical powers. Make-believe is what this genre is all about.

A suspenseful story about a puzzling event that is not solved until the end of the story.

A type of fantasy that uses science and technology (robots, time machines, etc.)

It is verse written to create a response of thought and feeling from the reader. It often uses rhythm and rhyme to help convey its meaning.

The story is about a situation or sequence of events that is highly emotional, tragic or turbulent.

The story of a real person’s life written by another person.

The fictional story primary focus on the relationship and romantic life between two people and has an emotional and optimistic ending.

The written work and accompanying illustrations are produced in order to entertain or instruct young people.

A fictional story that takes place in a particular time period in the past. Often the setting is real, but the characters are made up from the author’s imagination.

A short make-believe story that teaches a lesson. Characters in these stories are usually animals

Factual information which can include biographies, traditional literature and historical books.

It shows events, which happened in real life. The characters were real.

It is a story about fairies or other magical creatures, usually for children.

You can read about foreign countries. The reports are about the people and the landscape there.

It is a fiction about a committed crime, how the criminal gets caught, and the effects of the crime are shown.

The scripted fiction is told in pictures drawn by an artist. Usually it is in panels and the text is in speech bubbles.

It is a story, sometimes of a national or folk hero, that has a basis in fact but also includes imaginative material.

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