Different story types 1 Fairy tales about princesses

Different story types

1. Fairy tales • about princesses, fairies and talking animals. • usually start with “once upon a time” • have happy endings http: //www. datawaregame s. com/graphics 2/cb 8 scr. gif http: //benjaminbrandt. com/ cutaways/wpcontent/uploads/2011/06/sn owwhite. jpg Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

2. Myths and legends • about heroes, gods, http: //img. bimg. 126. net/ photo/Lw 9 Jwrd. Jxw. Dmna NPot. Smg==/423169479986 9691685. jpg supernatural beings • main characters: brave, kind, honest, etc. • events from the long http: //t 2. gstatic. com/i mages? q=tbn: ANd 9 Gc time ago • REu. Ef. Oo 4 Pc. Yb 2 LNg. B 5 Wm 7 j 7 h. E 7 qnrxc. HKcwvf 4 d. AKGEUHjjo. Ogr. A

3. Fables Short stories with a a lesson/moral. http: //womenonthefence. com/ wpcontent/uploads/2010/07/thetortoise-and-the-hare. jpg E. g. The ant and the grasshopper The Hare and the Tortoise http: //bloghopenchanger y. files. wordpress. com/20 10/03/story-antgrasshopper. jpg

4. Romance • romantic love stories e. g. • Romeo and Juliet • Titanic http: //students. ed. uiu c. edu/bach/rnj 24/title 68 poster. jpg http: //www. wallpap erbase. com/wallpap ers/movie/titanic/tit anic_6. jpg

5. Horror stories. http: //masochismet. fi les. wordpress. com/2 010/10/zombies. jpg zombies Scary stories E. g. Frankenstein The Eye The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

6. Realistic/Historical Fiction • about ordinary • http: //ecx. imagesamazon. com/images/P/B 000 J 1 people Believable stories set 03 PC. 01. _SCLZZZZZZZ_. jpg in a real time e. g. - The Devil Wears Prada - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime - Gone with the Wind http: //www. chrishigh. c om/reviews/books/ima ges/thecuriousincident. j pg http: //cdn. babble. com/fa mecrawler/files/2011/02/g one-with-the-wind. jpg

7. Mysteries http: //ecx. imagesamazon. com/images/ I/61 CDRHEry 6 L. _SL 5 00_AA 300_. jpg http: //tv-junky. com/wpcontent/uploads/2011/0 1/csi 1. jpg • about a crime or a mystery • character tries to look for clues throughout the story • often suspenseful http: //2. bp. blogspot. com/http: //stuffkit. com/wp 5 ZJQEPphl. HY/Td. DIUly. Ztu. I/AAAAAA content/uploads/2011/07/T AACv. U/ryv. QDn 9 hm 8 M/s 1600/Bour he-Silence-of-thene%2 BUltimatum. jpg Lambs. jpeg

8. Science fiction http: //www. movieposter. c Stories about om/posters/archive/main/ science, 68/MPW-34077 technology that are set in the future or http: //2. bp. blogspot. com/-wsin space 0 c. Wl. Rp. Cs/Ta 8 Kv. VGy 4 x. I/AAAAAMk/20 b. Wx 6 Nf. XIE/s 1600/T he-Day-After-Tomorrow-2004 In-Hindi. jpg

Point to note Sometimes the same story may have the qualities of different story types