Literary Terms- GENRE

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The author tells about his or her own life.

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autobiography

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Gives a factual account of someone's life

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biography

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A story told by actors that play the roles of the characters

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drama

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A brief tale that uses animals as characters and teaches a moral, or lesson.

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fable

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A story in which something impossible is made to seem real

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fantasy

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Literature that tells about characters, setting, and events that the writer makes up

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fiction

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Short stories which contain magic or supernatural characters

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fairy tale

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A made up story that is passed down orally from generation to another

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folk tale

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Uses details about real places, events and times from history as setting for an imagined story.

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historical fiction

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Fictional story handed down from the past; often based on real heroic characters (Paul Bunyan). Options: legend, fable, folk tale, fairy tale.

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legend