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Flashcards by Jennifer Pixley, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Jennifer Pixley
over 1 year ago
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| Question | Answer |
| historical fiction | A fictional story that takes place in a particular time period in history. Real historical figures and settings may be included in a fiction story. |
| biography | the true story of a real person's life from the past or present. Someone else writes it. |
| mystery | fictional stories that have a real setting and a puzzling situation or crime that needs to be figured out. It usually includes suspects and clues. |
| historical nonfiction | A nonfiction story that takes place in a particular time in history. The characters and events are true. |
| science fiction | stories that blend fact and fiction with futuristic technology. There can be time travel, travel to other galaxies, new inventions, robots, aliens, time machines, etc. |
| mystery | fictional stories that have a real setting and a puzzling situation or crime that needs to be figured out. It usually includes suspects and clues. |
| adventure | stories with a lot of action. They involve danger, risk, and excitement. |
| informational | nonfiction books that give true facts on a variety of subjects. They may also include graphs, maps, diagrams, photographs, etc. |
| traditional literature | stories that people told/passed down to one another over the years. Later the stories were written down. A lesson can be learned from it. This includes folktales, legends, fables, fairy tales, tall tales, and myths from different cultures. |
| autobiography | the true story of a real person's life from the past or present. It is written by that person in the first-person point of view. (I, me, my) |
| poetry | Verse written to inspire thoughts and feelings in the reader. It often uses rhyme and rhythm, or it can be written in free verse. |
| realistic fiction | Made up stories that could really happen. The characters have real-life problems. |
| fantasy | fiction that has elements that are not real. Sometimes this includes talking animals or characters with magical powers. There's usually a conflict between good and evil. |
| fairy tale | have special beginning and/or ending words - Once upon a time...and they lived happily ever after. There are good characters and bad characters. There is usually royalty and/or a castle in the story. Magic is involved. |
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