Genres Flashcards
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Genre
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a category of a composition or written
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Autobiography
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Auto means ‘self’ , bio means ‘life’ graphy means ‘write’ autobiography is a true story that one writes about his/her own life
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Biography
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A true story about a person’s life that is written by someone other than the person the story is about
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Fable
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a short story that is written to teach a moral or lesson; often uses animals as characters
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legend
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A writing that is passed down through history but cannot be proven to be true.
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myth
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1 : a story often describing the adventures of superhuman beings that attempts to describe the origin of a people’s customs or beliefs or to explain mysterious events (as the changing of the seasons)
