Fiction and Non-fiction (Prose)

It is a series of imagined facts which illustrates truth or reality about human life

• Fiction

• Non-fiction

It is based mainly on facts or truths rather than on the imagination.

• Fiction

• Non-fiction

It is a brief, and artistic form of prose fiction which is centered on a single main incident and is intended to produce a single dominant impression. It has a definite time and place setting

• Short Story.

• Novel

• Myths

• Folktales

• Legend

It is a more extensive form of prose. Its length extends to hundreds of pages. It has greater complexity of theme

• Short Story.

• Novel

• Myths

• Folktales

• Legend

It is considered to be sacred and true in societies where they are told. It is the embodiment of religious doctrines set in the past when the world is young and not as it is today.

• Short Story.

• Novel

• Myths

• Folktales

• Legend

It is a characteristically anonymous, timeless and placeless tale circulated orally among people which is told for entertainment. It is known as ‘kwentong bayan’.

• Fables

• Parables

• Myths

• Folktales

• Legend

. These are stories containing morals or religious lessons or allegories, usually from the Bible.

• Fables

• Parables

• Myths

• Folktales

• Legend

. The characters are animals, it also expresses follies of men without directly attacking them

• Fables

• Parables

• Myths

• Folktales

• Legend

. It tells stories about the origin of something

• Fables

• Parables

• Myths

• Folktales

• Legend

It is the freest form of literature of moderate length, expressing view about a subject, theory, point of view or an impression, may be formal or informal.

• Essay

• Biography

• Autobiography