Genre Text Flashcard

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A nonfiction book written by someone about another real person's true life story is called a ________________.

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biography

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This type of written story is about made-up situations and fake characters that come from the author's imagination. This type of text is usually very entertaining but isn't true.

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fiction

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This type of story can be fiction or nonfiction, and it uses comic strips. Sometimes it also uses graphics, pictures, or speech and thoughts written in bubble clouds above the characters' heads.

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graphic novel

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This type of story has fictional characters made up by the author's imagination, and the fake characters are in settings in the real world. The plot (story's events) could possibly happen in real life, but the story isn't true.

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realistic fiction

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Funny fictional stories using EXAGGERATION. A character, like Paul Bunyan, seems normal, but he has superhuman characteristics that couldn't be real.

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Tall Tale

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This text type includes true, real, and factual information about real people, places, things, events, or ideas. An AR book about Golden Retrievers as pets is this type of book.

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Nonfiction

Front

When a real person writes a book about their OWN life and experiences by using real facts and information about themselves, this is called an ___________________.

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autobiography

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This type of text makes a real person (like Daniel Boone or Robin Hood) famous for their actions with exaggeration and makes the text fiction.

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Legend

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This type of story involves science, technology, or the future.

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Science Fiction

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This text is a fictional story involving CASTLES, MAGIC, GOOD versus EVIL, or talking animals. It usually has a HAPPY ENDING.

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Fairy Tale