vickers week 13

 a category of writing defined by form, technique, or content

• realistic fiction
• genre
• folktale
• fairy tale

tells stories about imaginary people who could exist and events that could happen in real life

• historic fiction
• nonfiction
• realistic fiction
• science fiction

a genre of writing based on imagination, but has facts of the past in it

• historic fiction
• nonfiction
• realistic fiction
• biography

stories about how people and societies are affected by imaginary scientific developments in the future

• folktale
• realistic fiction
• nonfiction
• science fiction

a traditional tale or legend passed from generation to generation

• tall tale
• folktale
• fairy tale
• realistic fiction

an account of someone’s life written by another person
autobiography-an account of someone’s life written by that person

• realistic fiction
• genre
• biography
• nonfiction

humorous stories that use realistic details, and straightforward language to tell exaggerated stories about impossible happenings

• fairy tale
• folktale
• realistic fiction
• tall tale

a fanciful story about fairies, magical creatures, or legendary deeds

• tall tale
• fairy tale
• folktale
• poetry

is the arrangement of words in lines that have rhythm, or a regularly repeated accent, and often rhyme. It is emotional and expresses deep feelings and thought.

• genre
• folktale
• poetry
• tall tale

tells the story of a real person, place, or event with factual information 

• nonfiction
• biography
• realistic fiction
• genre