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a play -
meant to be acted before an audience; consists of acts and scenes |
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| any literary work that is made up; not based entirely on truth; may contain some factual details/events |
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| literary works that are based on true information; not made up; (Examples: essays, biographies, autobiographies, news articles, etc...) |
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| a written account of an individual's life written by someone else |
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| a personal written account of one's life written by that individual himself/herself |
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a non-fiction writing based on one's own personal experiences and knowledge.
("No Gumption" by Russell Baker,
for example) |
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a piece of prose fiction, usually under 10,000 words or able to be read in one sitting
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| a fictional prose narrative of longer length and complexity, portraying characters and presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes. |
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| any story that is composed orally and passed on by word of mouth; handed down from generation to generation |
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| come out of the oral tradition of the American frontier; typically involve characters with highly exaggerated abilities and qualities; told primarily for entertainment |
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| fictional work that explains the actions of gods and goddesses as well as the origins of nature; often contain bizarre creatures |
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| a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical; widely-told stories about individuals from the past; traditional stories with larger-than-life characters |
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| a brief story or poem usually containing animal characters; teaches a lesson or moral, e.g., Aesop's fables - "The Boy Who Cried Wolf", "The Fox and the Grapes" |
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