KPREP Review Literature and Literary Elements

The term used for made-up stories

• Nonfiction

• Fiction

• Poetry

• Drama

A long fiction book.

• short story

• novel

• historical fiction

• Folktales

Contains elements that are not realistic such as talking animals or magical powers.

• fables

• folktales

• fantasy

• fairy tales

Takes place in a world muhc like the real world. The characters are involved in events that could really happen.

• Novel

• Historical Fiction

• Realistic fiction

• Fairy Tales

Consists of written works about plots elements that did not really happen but could have happened in the distant past.

• Realistic Fiction

• Legend

• Historical Fiction

• Folk Tales

Writing is not made up; it is based on true facts.

• Legend

• NonFiction

• Fiction

• Historical Fiction

A story about a person's life written by that person.

• Biography

• Autobiography

• Informational Book

• Journal

A story of another person's real life. Written by another person.

• Autobiography

• Biography

• Journal

• Textbook

Books you read to gain information. They can be your school textbooks or just books that teach you something about a particular subject.

• Biography

• Autobiography

• Journal

• Informational Book

Expresses ideas, feelings, or situations in a creative way. About words and associations, uses words that create mind pictures.

• Prose

• Poetry

• Fable

• Drama