Genres of Fiction and Nonfiction

An example of reference nonfiction would be:

A fantasy story that uses science and technology.

An autobiography is not a true story written by the person the story is about.

a non-fiction true story about someone's life

a fictional story that takes place in particular time period in the past; setting is real, but characters are made up

a make-believe story including elements that impossible in real life, such as talking animals or magical powers.

Traditional Literature the came from American folk stories with unbelievable elements told as if they were true.

A legend is story that is related to facts to explain historical events and describe historical figures from an era.

A story using made-up characters that could actually happen in real life.

Everything in the nonfiction genre is true or not made up.

a suspenseful story about a puzzling event that is not solved until the end of the story; story is solved by using clues

similar to a folk tale, but the characters are animals, and there is a moral lesson

A myth is a story based on tradition to explain how the world and humankind came to be.

This type of fiction is similar to a folktales, but they have magical elements (witches, trolls, magic spells)

Stories in the fiction genre are not true.

A type of fiction where stories are passed down one person to the next orally by different cultural groups.

Traditional literature are not stories passed down from one group to another throughout history.