Biography / Memoir
Biography - a written account of another person's life.
Memoir (autobiography) - a history of a person's life written or told by that person.
Memoir (autobiography) - a history of a person's life written or told by that person.
Fiction
Works of imaginative narration, especially in prose form.
Historical Fiction
A novel where fictional characters take part in actual historical events and interact with real people from the past.
Mystery
A novel whose driving characteristic is the element of suspense or mystery. Strange, unexplained events, vague threats or terrors, unknown forces or antagonists, all may appear in a mystery novel. Gothic novels and detective novels are often also mystery novels.
Nonfiction
Works of narrative prose based upon facts and reality, including science, history, and the essay.
Science Fiction / Fantasy
Science fiction - A novel in which futuristic technology or otherwise altered scientific principles contribute in a significant way to the adventures. Often the novel assumes a set of rules or principles or facts and then traces their logical consequences in some form. For example, given that a man discovers how to make himself invisible, what might happen?
Fantasy - Often fantasy novels are set in nonexistent worlds, such as under the earth, in a fairyland, on the moon, etc. The characters are often something other than human or include nonhuman characters.
Fantasy - Often fantasy novels are set in nonexistent worlds, such as under the earth, in a fairyland, on the moon, etc. The characters are often something other than human or include nonhuman characters.
Works Cited
"A Glossary of Literary Terms." VirtualSalt. Web. 07 Sept. 2009. <http://www.virtualsalt.com/litterms.htm>.
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"A Glossary of Literary Terms." VirtualSalt. Web. 07 Sept. 2009. <http://www.virtualsalt.com/litterms.htm>.
Homepage | Dictionary.com. Web. 07 Sept. 2009. <http://dictionary.reference.com>.