A book about a person's life, written by that person
autobiography
A book that continues the story from a previous book
sequel
Books that tell real information
non-fiction
A book that has texts and exercises for a school or college course
textbook
Conversation that is written for a book, play, or film
dialogue
A book containing maps
atlas
A story that is considered sacred which explains how the world was created and why certain things happened. Different cultures have different types of them and many of them are very ancient
myth
the main events of the story
plot
A series of three books written about the same situation or characters, forming a continuous story
trilogy
The kind of story that people act out on a stage.
play
a very old story or set of stories from ancient times, not always true, that people tell about a famous event or person
legend
A novel in the form of comic strips
graphic novel
The person who writes a book
author/writer
Books that tell made up stories.
fiction
A type of thin book with large pages and a paper cover that contains articles and photographs and is published every week or month
magazine
The name of a book
title
A long, made-up story book—maybe 100 or even 700 pages long
novel
One of the people in the story
character
The period of time and place where the story takes place
setting
Writing in which the words are arranged in separate lines, often ending in rhyme
poetry/poem
A story that teaches us a moral lesson
fable
a sequence of books having certain characteristics in common that are formally identified together as a group
series
A book that gives information for visitors about a place, a city or country, etc.
guidebook
A book that gives you practical instructions on how to do something or how to use something, such as a machine
manual
The villain in a story
antagonist
A book that has a list of words in alphabetical order and explains their meanings, or gives a word for them in another language
dictionary
One part of a book that is a few pages long
chapter
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