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Historical fiction is fiction that is set in the past. It may contain references to actual people and significant events in history.
Example -the short story “The Dog of Pompeii”is is set in a real time and place, but the characters are fictional.
DRAMA• Drama-A drama or
play is a form of literature meant to be performed to an an audience.
• Examples: “A Mid Summer Nights Dream” by William Shakespeare
• A folk tale is a simple story that has been passed down from generation to generation by mouth. The characters are usually common people
• Examples:Rapunzel
Essay
An essay is a short work of nonfiction that deals with a single subject. You can express ideas or feelings to analyze a topic.
•An example is “All I really needed to know I learned in kindergarten” by Robert fulghum
Biography
• The True life story, of a person written by another person.
• Example: The Pride of Puerto Rico by Robert Paul Walker
Autobiography
• A person’s true life story told by that person.
• Example: “The Story of My Life”, by Helen Keller
A fairy tale is a fantasy story that has royalty (princesses , kings, and queens) as main characters and usually a lot of magic.
Example- “The Little Mermaid” and “Sleeping Beauty” by Hans Christian Anderson
A short story is a form of fiction that is between 5-30 pages and has all of the elements of fiction in a fiction novel. (setting, conflict, plot, theme, etc)
short story can be any type of fiction, or biography and autobiography
“Cricket in the Road” is a perfect example of a short story by Michael Anthony
A fable is a brief story that teaches a lesson about life.
In many fables, the characters are animals that act and speak like human beings.
A fable often ends with a moral a statement that summarizes its lesson. “The wolf and the House Dog” is an example of a fable.
Poetry
• A type of literature, in which ideas, images and feelings are expressed- written in verse
• Example: “I’m Nobody! Who Are You?” by Emily Dickinson
Literature that contains at least one or more fantastic or unreal element. Example: “ThePhantom Tollbooth”, by: Norton Juster
Legends
A legend is a story that is handed down from the past and may be stretched over time- based on a real person, but exaggerated over time.
Examples: Daniel Boone, Johnny Apple seed, and Buffalo bill
A type of fiction that is set in the future or on other planets and focuses on possible advancement in science, or what the future may hold.
Example- “The Fun They Had” by Isaac Asimov