Language Arts

Language Arts

Fiction stories are INVENTED stories with IMAGINARY characters and events.

Fiction stories are INVENTED stories with IMAGINARY characters and events.

Nonfiction stories are TRUE stories of actual events or characters.

Nonfiction stories are TRUE stories of actual events or characters.

A novel is a longer story that is written in chapters.

A novel is a longer story that is written in chapters.

Tall TaleTall Tale Tall tales are fictional stories containing exaggerations and in which the main character is bigger than life in some way.

Tall tales are fictional stories containing exaggerations and in which the main character is bigger than life in some way.

Picture BookPicture BookA picture book is a short story that combines words and pictures to tell a story.

A picture book is a short story that combines words and pictures to tell a story.

A fantasy is a fictional story with elements that are not

realistic, such as talking animals or magical powers.

A fantasy is a fictional story with elements that are not

realistic, such as talking animals or magical powers.

FablesFablesFables are short tales used to teach a moral lesson, often with animals as characters.

Fables are short tales used to teach a moral lesson, often with animals as characters.

MythsMyths A myth is a fictional story that usually explains something about the world and involves gods and other supernatural beings.

A myth is a fictional story that usually explains something about the world and involves gods and other supernatural beings.

HadesHades

PersephonePersephone

MysteryMysteryA mystery is a fictional story with characters who try to solve a crime or an unexpected event.

A mystery is a fictional story with characters who try to solve a crime or an unexpected event.

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Science fiction is a fictional story involving real or imagined science possibilities.

Science fiction is a fictional story involving real or imagined science possibilities.

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Realistic fiction is a fictional story that takes place in modern times with characters involved in activities that could really happen.

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Folk TalesFolk TalesA folk tale is an anonymous, timeless, and placeless story that was originally told rather than written.

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Historical FictionHistorical Fiction◊Historical fiction is a fictional story set in the past with characters that take part in actual historical events and interact with real people from the past.

◊Historical fiction is a fictional story set in the past with characters that take part in actual historical events and interact with real people from the past.

Poetry• Poetry is writing with words arranged in a pattern, often using rhymed verse in an imaginative style to express feelings and thoughts.

Play or DramaA play or drama is a story for stage performance by actors.

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A type of writing that

tells a story of an

event or experience.

Informational:

*Gives readers directions or

information on ‘how to’ do

something.

Expository:

*Gives information about a topic.

A type of writing that describes a

person, place, thing, or idea. Use

words to help your reader see, hear,

smell, taste, and feel what you are

talking about.

A type of writing that

gives the

writer’s opinion on a

topic

and tries to get the

reader

to agree with it.

This writing gives

facts to

support the opinion.