| Personal | | Any extended fictional narrative almost always written in prose |
| Essays | | The body of the letter discusses some type of business transaction or information in a formal tone |
| FolkTale | | The person telling the story |
| Fable | | Characters can display their personalities through these |
| Time | | Literature written in lines and stanzas |
| Antagonist | | The hero or main character |
| Allegory | | A written or printed message addressed to a person or organization |
| ScienceFiction | | The body of the letter discusses feelings or experiences of mutual interest to the sender and recipient |
| Setting | | A written work in which scientific facts, assumptions, or hypotheses form the basis of adventures in the future |
| Romance | | An opponent or rival of the hero |
| Short Story | | A story told in action and dialogue by actors who perform as characters |
| Fantasy | | A story varying in length from 500 to 15,000 words |
| Myth | | Dramas written for movies or television |
| Legend | | The narrator tells the story from the "I" point of view |
| Fiction | | Writing intended to inform the reader of the facts and details surrounding current events |
| Protagonist | | The background for the action of a story |
| Dialogue | | An imaginary person that appears in a literary work |
| Business | | A narrative writing drawn from the imagination rather than from history or fact |
| Novel | | Conversation between two people in a story |
| Videos | | The story of a person's life written by that person |
| Drama | | A story with supernatural characters and events |
| Newspapers | | Daily habits of characters |
| Character | | A humorous tale common on the North American frontier |
| Epic | | A story that takes place in an exaggerated world with bizarre characters in it |
| PointofView | | The story is told from the perspective of one of the characters whose information is restricted to what he sees, hears, and feels |
| GeneralEnvironment | | The writer tells a story describing characters as "he", "she", or "they" |
| Poetry | | A narrative in which the objsects, persons, and actions represent meanings that are outside the story itself |
| TallTale | | Written works describing exotic places, remote locations, heroic events, and passionate love |
| Letterstotheeditor | | Documents published periodically which contain information about topics of current interest |
| Place | | Brief articles by authors who share their opinions and reflections about current issues |
| Formal | | A story associated with some period in the history of a people or nation |
| Firstperson | | A formal letter following specific rules |
| Thirdperson | | A simple story set in the past; contain animal, human, or superhuman characters |
| Limited | | A notice that calls attention to a product or service |
| InformationalArticle | | Other types of documents published periodically which contain information about topics of current interest |
| Letters | | The perspective from which a writer tells a story |
| Advertisement | | The story of a person's life written by someone else |
| narrator | | When the story occurs |
| Mystery | | Where the story occurs |
| Actions | | A long narrative poem in elevated style presenting characters of high position in adventrues, always with a heroic figure |
| Description | | A work in which the characters face a problem which is seemingly beyond explanation |
| Biography | | A brief tale told to point out a moral |
| Autobiography | | Correspondence in which readers of magazines or newspapers provide input by writing to the editor |
| Magazines | | Through the narrator of a story, the author can describe a character's physical features, dress, occupation, personality traits, and thoughts and feelings |