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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

. It tells stories about the origin of something

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.

It is the story of a real person’s life written by someone other than that person.

. It is a story of a real person’s life written by himself or herself