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Folktale
* Most folktales are simply cautionary stories, told to inspire fear or shared revulsion.
* Some folktales are animal tales, religious tales, or catch tales.
* also can help people to understand much about groups and their cultures.
* are a category of folklore
  - type of oral prose that is passed from one person to another
  - alive and constantly changing
  - an integral part of Louisiana's heritage
  - common in all countries, universal in nature
  - more people-oriented than either myths or legends
  - often teach positive moral lessons
  - one of the many things the world's people have in common with each other
  - popular in Haiti
* are stories of the fabulous that fascinate children and adults
  - originally told orally
  - that are heard and remembered
  - usually easier to learn than other types of traditional literature
* can teach children a culture's values and are worth including in any selection.
* describe tequila as the drink of the ancient gods.
* involve clear conflict between good and evil.
* is narrative
  - part of folklores
* offer profound insights into the cultures from which they come.
* often explain a phenomenon in the world, or tell a lesson about human nature
  - start with real people, good guys and bad guys
* reflect personalities.
* reveal a great deal about the place in which they originate.
* tell the stories of a people.

Ghost story
* Ghost stories Telling scary stories around the camp fire tradition as old as mankind
  - Use for works dealing with ghosts
* Ghost stories are a part of human culture
  - animes
  - play on the basic fear of the unknown or the intangible
  - range from the supernatural to modern superstition
  - reflect the thinking, culture, and lifestyles of a given society
* Some ghost stories are told by sailors.

Love story
* Love stories Use for works in which romantic love is the central element.
* Love stories are films

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Detective story
* Detective stories are mysteries
  - involve following clues and unravelling plots to re-establish a sense of order
* Many detective stories have police officers as the main characters.
* mystery story

Nursery rhyme
* can be a child's introduction to reading.
* come to life in animated and real life scenes.
* demonstrate the variation in words that sound nearly alike.
* enhance the ability to learn and read.
* swim through wild seas across generations of parents and children.

Parable
* Some parables are comedies, where things are turned upside down and everything ends in surprise.
* are a way of teaching that can allow truths to enter the mind tactfully
  - another form of figurative language sometimes used in Scripture
  - common in the holy scriptures of many religions
* are simple stories told usually to convey one simple truth
  - which tell truth
* are stories taught to illustrate truth
  - that have a single message for the listener
* is stories.

Short story
* Short stories are stories.
* Short stories describe concepts
  - key concepts
  - show development

Success story
* Success stories address environmental issues
  - are what sports are all about
* Success stories show actions
  - effective actions

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Thriller
* are adventure stories
  - detectives
  - one of the most popular forms of fiction
  - usually plot-driven books with lots of action
* often have a horror or crime theme.
+ Thriller (genre): Movie genres :: Television genres :: Literature by genre
  * A 'thriller' is a genre found in literature, movies and television. It uses suspense, where the audience is made to wonder what is going to happen next. Thrillers often have a horror or crime theme. Some examples of thriller movies are 'Psycho', 'Silence of the Lambs', 'Argo' and 'The Birds'.