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Literary Genres;;Why recognizing genres is important?;All categories of books or stories can be called either fiction or non-fiction.;Can you classify the following genres into two categories, namely, fiction and non-fiction?;Adventure Drama Fable Fairy Tale Fantasy Folklore Historical Fiction Horror Humor Legend ;Non-Fiction;Fiction;Drama;Fable;Story about fairies or other magical creatures, usually for children. e.g. Fairytales written by Grimm brothers Fairytales written by Hans C. Anderson ;Fantasy;Folklore;Story with fictional characters and events in a historical setting. e.g. A Tale of Two Cities The Three Musketeers Little Women (by Louisa May Alcott, set in 1863 during the American Civil War) ;Horror;Humor;Legend ;Fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets. It is often used as a synonym for detective fiction, crime fiction or thriller. e.g. Rebecca The Day of the Jackal The Thirty-nine Steps The Collected Sherlock Holmes Short Stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Agatha Christie’s detective series;Mythology;Poetry;Story that can actually happen and is true to life. e.g. Charles Dickens Mark Twain Jane Austen ;Romance;Science Fiction;Fiction of such brevity that it supports no subplots. e.g. The Thousand and One Nights (The Arabian Nights) Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer Rip van Winkle by Washington Irving The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving The Collected Sherlock Holmes Short Stories Fairytales written by Grimm Brothers The Gift of the Magi by O’Henry;Tall Tale;Thriller / Mystery;Non-Fiction;Essay;;;;Word Formation: Adj. suffixes;(n.+) -ous: full of, having …;e.g. foolish: being in the nature of a fool childish: having the nature of a child They made a devilish plot to kidnap the little girl and then kill her when they got the money. He has a rather womanish m