6th - Reading Forms of Fiction Flashcards
(9 cards)
Stories set in the past and portray people, places and events that did happen or could have happen?
Historical Fiction
Stories have characters, settings, and plot events that are like people, places, and events in real life. The characters face problems that could really happen?
Realistic Fiction
A short story that teaches a lesson or presents a moral. They often include animals as characters?
Fable
An imaginary story that explains how people and places came to be. They are often based on what a group of people in the past believe?
Myth
A story that reflects the customs and beliefs of a culture. They were first told orally and has been past down through generations of a region or culture?
Folktale
A story that is passed down through time and often reflects the beliefs or values of a culture. It ,any be based on real people or places?
Legend
A fictional narrative that is not part of a novel. It focuses on one main problem or event?
Short Story
Stories have events that take place in the future, in space, or in different worlds. They contain imagined details about science and technology?
Science Fiction
Humorous story and involves exaggerated events often based on American heroes.
Tall Tale