1. In this type of work, the author can make up the entire story. Authors can also choose to include factual information in a made-up story to make it seem realistic.

2.  All fictional stories must have:  Characters  People, animals, and creatures in the story  Setting  Time, place, weather and feel of the story  Theme  The message shared by the story  Plot  Conflict  Resolution

3.  Stories with fictional characters and events in a historical setting.

4.  Fiction with strange or other-worldly settings or characters; fiction which invites suspension of reality.

5.  Most begin with “Once upon a time...”  Fairy tales often feature a fight between good and evil. Evil always loses to a triumphant hero or heroine.  Most end with “and they lived happily ever after.”

6.  Stories based on impact of actual, imagined, or potential science, usually set in the future.

7.  Fiction full of fun, fancy, and excitement, meant to entertain.

8.  Horror is fiction in which events evoke a feeling of dread in both the characters and the reader.

9.  Mystery is fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets.

10.  Comic books are made up of images in sequence on a page designed to tell a story.  Graphic novels are book-length comics.

11.  Stories that can actually happen and are true to life.

12.  A fiction novel where a relationship is developed between two people

13.  Plot: The author’s arrangement of incidents in the story.  Exposition: Introductory material, setting, characters, etc.  Inciting Moment: The event or force that sets in motion the rising action of a work (known as the HOOK).  Rising Action: Part of dramatic action that has to do with the complication of the action.  Climax: Turning point in the action.  Falling Action: The winding down of the climax.  Resolution: the end of the falling action & solution  Denouement: Resolution and explanation of all the secrets and misunderstandings of the plot.