Literary genres

3. non-fiction story that factually and historically represents one's life from beginning to end told by oneself.
5. Writing: non-fiction attempting to influence the reader.
9. Fiction: based on a person/event from history.
10. Fiction: dealing with aliens, the distant future, or advanced technology.
12. Writing: non-fiction providing information on a topic.
14. Tale: a story with magic, monsters, and/or talking animals (like fiction / fantasy, but part of the oral tradition).
15. has gods or goddesses and often accounts for how something came to be.

1. an exaggerated story about something that may have been real at one time.
2. (drama): writing that is meant to be acted on a stage (a play) and ends in sadness and death.
4. Fiction: a story that could have happened, but didn't.
6. non-fiction story of one's life told by another.
7. Tale: stories set in the Wild West; the main character's strengths, skills, or size have been exaggerated and the tone is funny.
8. non-fiction collection of memories from a particular part of the author's life.
11. (drama): writing that is meant to be acted on a stage (a play) and has a happy ending.
13. Fiction: containing monsters, magic, or other supernatural elements.
14. a very short story that has a moral or life lesson; usually has talking animals as main characters.