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
The main character in a story
protagonist
a very old story or set of stories from ancient times, not always true, that people tell about a famous event or person
legend
Conversation that is written for a book, play, or film
dialogue
a sequence of books having certain characteristics in common that are formally identified together as a group
series
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
The person who writes a book
author/writer
A novel in the form of comic strips
graphic novel
The period of time and place where the story takes place
setting
A book with recipes which help you to cook
cookbook
the main events of the story
plot
Writing in which the words are arranged in separate lines, often ending in rhyme
poetry/poem
A book that gives information for visitors about a place, a city or country, etc.
guidebook
Books that tell real information
non-fiction
One of the people in the story
character
Books that tell made up stories.
fiction
A book about a person's life, written by that person
autobiography
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
One part of a book that is a few pages long
chapter
A long, made-up story book—maybe 100 or even 700 pages long
novel
Stories like Cinderella, Snow White and Rapunzel
fairy tale
A story that teaches us a moral lesson
fable
A book that continues the story from a previous book
sequel
A series of three books written about the same situation or characters, forming a continuous story
trilogy
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
A book that has texts and exercises for a school or college course
textbook
The kind of story that people act out on a stage.
play
A book containing maps
atlas
The name of a book
title
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