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100

A genre that includes literary works that are created from one's imagination.

What is fiction?

100
This type of fiction is created to make readers scared.
What is horror?
100

A story that has royal characters, magic and a happy ending.

What is a fairy tale?

100
A story about a person's life
What is a biography?
100
A book that has words and their definitions
What is a dictionary?
200

A genre that includes literary works that are factual and true.

What is a nonfiction?

200
A fictional story with strange settings and unreal characters. Harry Potter is an example.
What is fantasy?
200
A story with gods and goddesses.
What is myth?
200

A piece of writing that is spoken in front of an audience

What is a speech?

200
A book that has maps of continents, countries, and states
What is an atlas?
300

Works that are written in verse form, and often have rhyming patterns.

What is poetry?

300
A fictional story designed to be funny and make the reader laugh.
What is humorous?
300

A greatly exaggerated story with unbelievable elements. 

What is a tall tale?

300

Any piece of writing that gives facts about a topic

What is informational text?

300
Alphabetically organized information in the form of a set of volumes (ex. Volume A, Volume B).
What is a set of encyclopedias?
400

Imaginative stories from long ago that were shared with people.

What is folklore?

400
A fictional story set in the future, often with aliens.
What is science fiction?
400
A short story with animal characters that has a moral or lesson at the end.
What is a fable?
400
The story of a person's life written by that person.
What is an autobiography?
400
A book published yearly that gives current information on various topics, like fashion, world records, music, etc.
What is an almanac?
500
Works that are written in dialogue form, and are presented on stage.
What is drama, or plays?
500
A fictional story set in the past, and often based on events that really took place, like World War II.
What is historical fiction?
500

A story based on the life of a real folk hero, but has some imaginative parts to the story

What is legend?

500
A short composition that states the author's viewpoint on a subject
What is an essay?
500
A book of synonyms.
What is a thesaurus?