[b]common types of literature[/b] [u] 1. novel[/u] - a piece of fiction written in prose w/c means it is written that resembles the everyday language of people instead of being written in rhyming verse. [u]2. short story[/u] - a prose narrative that is abt the length of one chapter in a novel. [u]3. biography[/u] - the factual amt of a person's life told by another person. [u]4. autobiography[/u] - the factual account of person's life told by that person. [u]5. history[/u] - the factual recording of past events. [u] 6. science fiction[/u] - a novel in w/c science & technology play important roles. Science fiction often takes in the future or portrays time, tracel or life on the other planets. [u]7. fantasy[/u] - an imaginative story w/ bizarre characters that takes place in an unnatural setting. [u]8. mystery [/u] - a novel in w/c a crime, usually a murder unsolved. [u]9. poem[/u] - a reflection in narrative written in lines/verse that may or may not rhyme. [u] 10. drama [/u]- dialogue & action among characters that is meant to be acted out on stage. [u] 11. journal/diary[/u] - a collection of day-to-day recordings of a person's thoughts, feeling, actions & relationships. [u] 12. fable[/u] - a moral tale whose central characters are animals, that speak & act ike humans. [u] 13. legend[/u] - a popular story abt the past that may or may not have actually happened. [u]14. tall tale [/u] -a story featuring a larger than life hero or heroine whose characteristics & actions are exaggerated. [u]15. myth[/u] - an ancient spiritual or religious story w/c is not consider true. [u]16. fairy tale [/u] - a story set an imaginative place on the distant past in w/c magic drives the action. [u]17. folk tale [/u] - an ethnic story, often humorous, whose characters are simple people.