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20 Cards in this Set
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Fiction
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Stories that use characters, settings and plots to convey events that are not real
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Historical Fiction
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Fiction that is set in the past
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Realistic Fiction
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Believable fiction that is set in the present
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Contemporary Fiction
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Believable fiction that is set in the present
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Science Fiction
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Fiction that deals with science or technology
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Nonfiction
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Writing that uses real people, settings and plots to convey acutual events
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Biography
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Nonfiction (real) that is informational writing about real people
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Autobiography
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Nonfiction that is a biography of a person written by himself or herself
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Fantasy
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Highly imaginative ficition that uses strange or unusual characters, setting and plot
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Fairy Tale
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Folktale that usually includes magical elements
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Tall Tale
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Folktale that is usually humorous and usually assumed to be untrue
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Folktale
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An exaggerated story that has been shared over generations by word of mouth to convey a tradition
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Legend
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Folktale that is based on a real person or event
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Myth
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Folktale that is considered sacred and that attempts to explain how things came to be
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Fable
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Folktale that teaches a moral or lesson often including animals as characters
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Poetry
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Verse that uses sounds rhythm and word choice to convey ideas
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Drama
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Skits musicals or plays that use language song or dance to convey messages
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Informational
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Nonficition writing about a topic including books newspaper or magazine articles
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Mystery
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Fiction that includes secrets or crimes to be solved
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Adventure
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Adventure as in travel or a quest in current times or past times fiction or non fiction
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