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11 Cards in this Set
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REALISTIC FICTION
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A story that could be real; it has life-like characters, plots and settings.
EXAMPLE - GARY PAULSEN BOOKS |
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CONTEMPORARY REALISTIC FICTION
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It takes place in modern times.
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HISTORICAL FICTION
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A story that contains some historical facts, but the plot and characters are made up.
EXAMPLE - BRADY, MY BROTHER SAM IS DEAD |
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BIOLOGICAL FICTION
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It's like historical fiction, but it's about a person. Much of what happens is made up.
EXAMPLE - ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS |
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FANTASY
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A story where impossible events take place (animals talking, magic powers). It could not happen
EXAMPLE - CHARLOTTE'S WEB |
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SCIENCE FICTION
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Explains what things will be like in the future, how technology will affect us - not fantasy because we cannot predict the future.
EXAMPLE - THE TIME MACHINE |
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FOLKTALES
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Traditional stories of a particular place or people, handed down from generation to generation. Characters have only 1 personality trait (good, bad, foolish) Many fairytales started in folktales.
EXAMPLES- CINDERELLA |
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FABLE
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A short story with animals that speak and act like humans. Fables have a moral (lesson) at the end.
EXAMPLE-THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE |
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MYTHS
CREATION MYTHS EXPLANATION MYTHS |
Ancient stories handed down orally through generations.
TELLS HOW THE WORLD BEGAN Explains natural events (lightning, spiders, stars) MOST MYTHS CONTAIN GODS/GODDESSES |
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LEGENDS
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Imaginative stories set in the past but told by people who lived much later. Adventures of a hero. Probably began true, but were exaggerated over time.
EXAMPLE-ROBIN HOOD,KING ARTHUR |
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WHICH TYPES OF FICTION HAVE UNKNOWN AUTHORS BECAUSE THEY WERE TOLD ORALLY BEFORE ANYONE WROTE THEM DOWN? 4
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FOLKTALES
FABLES MYTHS LEGENDS |
