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Fiction
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A large category of stories that are made up and may or may not include some facts
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Non-fiction
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A large category of stories and articles that give facts and information
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Fairytale
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Fiction story that includes these characteristics:
starts with "Once Upon A Time"; has an element of good versus evil; has royality, good usually wins
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Fable
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Fiction story that includes these characteristics:
is usually shorter than other stories, has talking animal or other unrealistic characters, is meant to teach some kind of lesson/moral
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Mystery
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Fiction story = characteristics include:
a crime of some sort, clues that lead to the person who did the crime, a detective or detective-like character, usually has solution at the end.
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Tall tales
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Fiction stories = characteristics include:
bigger than life characters and events, explains how something came to be, usually not very long
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Poems
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Fiction writing = characteristics include:
written in stanzas, used for entertainment, has ryhming words, uses descriptive language, often has a rhythm
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Myth
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Fiction story = characteristics include:
made up and handed down by common people, explains natural happenings in nature in fantasical ways.
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Autobiography
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Nonfiction story = characteristics include:
written by the person who the story is about, gives actual places and events in tme, has photographs, often has dialogue
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Diaries/journals
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Nonfiction = characteristics include:
chronological order of real events, sketches or diagrams depicting places and people, written in first person
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Newspaper story
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Nonfiction = characteristics include:
bylines, dates of events, answers who, what, when, where, how, and/or why something happened, is factual and generally short
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