Literary Genres

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What is a story that includes magic, monsters, or superpowers?

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Fantasy

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What do you call a written account of someone's life written by someone else?

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Biography

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What is a brief story that usually contains animal characters and teaches a moral?

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Fable

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What genre includes stories with aliens and advanced technology?

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Science Fiction

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What does 'literary' mean?

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Anything with words.

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What is a story that is based on real events but includes fictional elements?

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Historical Fiction

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What do you call a story that is made up and not based on real events?

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Fiction

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What genre includes true accounts of events and facts?

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Non-Fiction

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What is a long, exaggerated story about a real person or event?

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Tall Tale

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What type of literature is written to inform or explain something?

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Expository Text