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| stories that are meant to entertain and usually contain some form of magic; good usually wins |
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| old stories that try to explain why things are the way they are, "King Midas" |
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| all types of fiction that involve characters, creatures, settings, and/ or situations that do not exist in the real world |
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| old stories that are not real and are usually told from memory; "Paul Bunyon" |
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| books that contain true facts and real information, how-to-books, encyclopedias |
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| true stories that people write about themselves |
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| made up events set in the past, can tell about real historical events, but characters are not real; may be about real events or people |
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| true stories about people written by other people |
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| usually uses animals as characters, displays character weakness, usually teaches a lesson |
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| stories that mainly focus on teaching a lesson or moral |
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