Genres

2. story for stage performance by actors
4. stories set in make-believe worlds, often with non-human characters
5. Stories, sometimes of a national or folk hero, which have a basis in fact but also include imaginative material
7. stories with imaginary characters and events
10. writing something that persuades; inducement
12. demonstrating a useful truth, especially in which animals speak as humans
13. a lamentable, dreadful, or fatal event
14. fiction stories with characters who take part in activities that could really happen
18. a short literary composition on a particular theme or subject
19. writing that informs
20. words arranged in metrical pattern, often using rhymed verse in an imaginative style

1. something humorous
3. something made up not real
4. can be described as traditional art, literature, knowledge, and practices that are passed on in large part through oral communication and example
6. fiction stories set in the past with characters who take part in actual historical events
8. Stories with a definite setting in fairly modern times that exaggerate or are based on the traits of a person who may have actually existed
9. true stories of actual events or characters
11. fiction stories involving actual or future scientific phenomena
15. a story written about a person by that person
16. Stories with fairies or other magical creatures, usually for children. A modern fairytale is written in a traditional style with the elements of folklore but with a contemporary twist
17. a story written about a person by someone else