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| Stories composed in verse or prose, usually for theatrical performance, where conflicts and emotion are expressed through dialogue and action. |
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| Narration demonstrating a useful truth, especially in which animals speak as humans; legendary, supernatural tale. |
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| Story about fairies or other magical creatures, usually for children. |
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| Fiction with strange or other worldly settings or characters; fiction which invites suspension of reality. |
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| Narrative literary works whose content is produced by the imagination and is not necessarily based on fact. |
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| Story with fictional characters and events in a historical setting. |
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| Fiction in which events evoke a feeling of dread in both the characters and the reader. |
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| Fiction full of fun, fancy, and excitement, meant to entertain; but can be contained in all genres |
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| Story, sometimes of a national or folk hero, which has a basis in fact but also includes imaginative material. |
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| Fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets. |
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| A traditional story, usually of unknown authorship, that answers basic questions about the world |
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| A type of literature in which ideas and feelings are expressed in compact, imaginative, and often musical language |
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| Story that can actually happen and is true to life. |
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| Story based on impact of actual, imagined, or potential science, usually set in the future or on other planets. |
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| A brief work of fiction that can usually be read in one sitting |
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| Humorous story with blatant exaggerations, swaggering heroes who do the impossible with nonchalance. |
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| A story of a person's life that is written by someone else |
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| A form of nonfiction writing in which a person tells the story of his or her own life |
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| A short literary composition that reflects the author's outlook or point. |
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| Informational text dealing with an actual, real-life subject. |
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