Narration demonstrating a useful truth, especially in which animals speak as humans; legendary, supernatural tale.

Verse and rhythmic writing with imagery that creates emotional responses.

Informational text dealing with an actual, real-life subject.

Humorous story with exaggerations and heroes who do the impossible.

The songs, stories, myths, and proverbs of people handed down by word of mouth.

Stories composed in verse or prose, usually for theatrical performance, where conflict and emotion are expressed through dialogue and action.

Fiction full of fun and excitement, meant to entertain.

A true story about a real person told by that person.

A love story. Mysterious, adventurous or spiritual line where the focus is on a quest that involves bravery and strong values; not always a love interest.

An imagined community or society that is dehumanizing and frightening.

Story about fairies or other magical creatures.

Narrative of a person's life, a true story about a real person told by another person.

Story that can actually happen and is true to life.

Fiction with strange or other worldly settings or characters.

Legend or traditional narrative, often based in part on historical events, that reveals human behavior and natural phenomena by its symbolism. Often pertaining to the actions of GODS.

Story based on impact of actual, imagined, or potential science, usually set in the future or on other planets.

Story, sometimes of a national or folk hero, which has a basis in fact but also includes imaginative material.

Narrative literary works whose content is produced by the imagination and is not based on fact.

Fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets.