Literary Genres

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Genre

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category

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Fiction is

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fake; it is a made up story

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Stories with magic, monsters, superpowers, or other things that do not exist in reality.

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Fantasy

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Fictional stories based on or around important people or events from the past.

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Historical Fiction

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Stories that could actually happen but didn’t, and they are made up.

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Realistic Fiction

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Stories with aliens, advanced technology, or futuristic weapons.

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Science Fiction

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Non-fiction is

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not fake; it is real

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A written account of an individual's life written by someone else

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biography

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A written account of an individual's life written by that individual himself

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autobiography

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Classify the genre of the story: The alien ship hovered above the landing pad. The ground crew waited expectantly, hoping the ship would touch down without incident. Sure, they had a lot of shuttle traffic at the spaceport every day, but this would be the first time a ship from another planet would touch down. Options: realistic fiction, science fiction, historical fiction, fantasy

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science fiction