Genre Flashcard

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Authors of stories in this genre are often retelling the story, and because of this, the story may change slightly each time it is retold. Options: Poetry, Traditional Literature, Humor, Realistic Fiction.

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Traditional Literature

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Writing that is true, informative or factual

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Informational

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Made up stories about events that could happen

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Realistic Fiction

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Stories with magic, monsters, and other imaginary elements

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Fantasy

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Fictional stories based around real people and events from the past

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Historical Fiction

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Suspenseful stories based around a problem that is solved at the end of the story

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Mystery

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Stories about the future, space, aliens and technology

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Science Fiction

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Stories about a person written by another person

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Biography

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Writing that creates emotion; it usually has rhythm and rhyme.

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Poetry

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Stories about a person written by that person

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Autobiography