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Drama a form of literature meant to be performed by actors on a stage Fantasy a story that takes place in an unreal world with characters that have magic powers Fiction writing that tells an imaginary story that never happened in real life Genre type, style, category of literature Historical Fiction a story made up but is about a historical event, may contain references to real people Mystery a story that deals with the solution of a crime (can be fiction or non-fiction) Non-Fiction it deals with real people, real events, etc, rather than imaginary ones Poetry creative writing where that pattern of words are special, compact musical form Science Fiction futuristic fiction, imaginary of the future, based on real developments