Fiction
- An imaginative creation or a pretense
that does not represent actuality but has been invented.
- The act of inventing such a creation or
pretense.
- A literary work whose content is produced
by the imagination and is not necessarily based on fact.
- The category of literature comprising works
of this kind, including novels and short stories.
- Law Something untrue that is intentionally
represented as true by the narrator.
- To most people “the latest fiction”
means the latest novels or stories rather than the most
recently invented pretense or latest lie. All three senses
of the word fiction point back to its source, Latin ficti,
“the action of shaping, a feigning, that which is
feigned.” Ficti in turn was derived from fingere,
“to make by shaping, feign, make up or invent a
story or excuse.” Our first instance of fiction,
recorded in a work composed around 1412, was used in the
sense “invention of the mind, that which is imaginatively
invented.” It is not a far step from this meaning
to the sense “imaginative literature,” first
recorded in 1599.
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Non-Fiction
- A work that is not fictional, usually
based on facts.
- A work that draws its information from
history or fact, rather than the imagination. Usually
attempts to persuade its audience to a particular viewpoint.
- Literature that is factual and informative.
Non-fiction is the opposite of fiction.
- writings that are true (e.g. A book written
about a place is non-fiction.)
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Fantasy
- A type of fiction in which the rules of
the world are different; animals talk, magic works, and
strange creatures exist.fiction--Writing from the imagination,
or writing containing elements of imagination, fable,
or tale. Also known as "lies," or "something
you've made up."
- stories set in an unreal world. Fantasy
is based upon the imagination in one's mind
- fantasy has nothing to do with an opposition
between reality and illusion , but rather interjects a
third term, physical reality, that structures them both.
- The creative interpretation of an event
by group members to fulfill some need.
- This genre is any story of the impossible-
a tale that has events happening that could never happen
in the natural world.
- A creation of something heretofore nonexistent,
eg, a note or any collectible, or a piece of art, etc,
intended to defraud collectors by implying genuine historical
significance.
- A story that is realistic except for one
important detail, which is so handled as to give the story
an imaginative and whimsical tone.
- A highly imaginative tale about somewhat
believable, but nonexistent, characters, places, and events.
- Any conscious break with reality, whether
in the relatively benign forms of caprices and daydreams,
or in the more psychologically charged delusions and hallucinations.
- something that can bring you unlimited
joy as long as you don't try to realize it
- fiction with a large amount of fantasy
in it;
- something many people believe that is false
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Reference
Books
- sources used to identify pieces of information
rather than to read all the way through, i.e., dictionaries,
encyclopedias and indexes.
- Materials created specifically to help
people find information or do research. Reference collections
contain many sources of information, such as atlases,
dictionaries, directories, encyclopedias, handbooks, and
indexes that contain facts, statistics, biographical or
other sources that aid in answering reference questions.
- books such as encyclopedias, dictionaries,
almanacs, and handbooks.
- A book meant to be used for specific pieces
of information, rather than to be read as a whole.
- The noncirculating collection, including
dictionaries, encyclopedias, and periodical indexes, etc.
- Books such as dictionaries, encyclopedias,
indexes, almanacs, and handbooks that are kept in a special
section of the library and cannot be checked out.
- books that provide quick access to information
or are used to find information in other sources; usually
cannot be borrowed
- Books designed to be consulted for specific
facts, rather than to be read through.
- Library materials that must be used in
the library.
- Fact books that cannot be checked out.
They include general and specialized dictionaries, encyclopedias,
atlases, bibliographies, handbooks, directories, etc.
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E-Book
- A book that must be read in an electronic
format, either on a personal computer or a handheld reader,
instead of on paper.
- A generic term for electronic books, in
essence devices designed to replace printed pages with
electronic equivalents.
- Any book or manuscript that is reproduced
for distribution electronically on the Internet or disk.
- Digital version of a book, which can be
read by using a computer or a special reader.
- Offerings that organize text and graphics
into lessons or chapters like traditional print books.
- A book that's been condensed into a special
package. It's quick to download but you need an E-reader
to view it.
- A book in electronic format.
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Biography
- an account of the series of events making
up a person's life
- a written account of a person's life.
- A book about a person written by some other
person.
- A written account of a person's life, actions,
or character. A biographer is one who writes such an account,
a biographee is one about whom the account is written.
- An autobiography is an account of a person's
life written by himself or herself.
- A documented account of a person's life.
- the life story of a person that is written
by another person either as a book or journal article.
- A carefully researched, relatively full
account of the facts of the life of a particular person,
or closely related group of people, written by another.
The person written about is the biographee. As in any
historical work, the biographer presents, in continuous
narrative, the most interesting and important events,
usually with the aim of elucidating character, personality,
and social context.
- Source that provides a written account
of a person's life or a group of literature concerned
with people's lives.
- Author's version of the history of a person's
life. The author of a biography is called a "biographer."
- A non-fiction work detailing the life of
a person.
- A source that will give background and
other personal information about a person.
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Classics
- In its classic sense, "classics",
when used as a singular noun, means the study of the language,
literature, history, art, and other aspects of ancient
Greece and Rome, during the time frame of classical antiquity.
As a plural noun "classics" are books written
in ancient Greece and Rome. The study of classics is a
primary subject for the humanities, and the people reading
classics are sometimes called humanists.
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Mystery
- something that baffles understanding and
cannot be explained.
- a story about a crime (usually murder)
presented as a novel or play or movie
- a narrative in which the chief element
is usually a crime around which the plot is built.
- the secret or specialized practices or
ritual peculiar to an occupation or a body of people;
rites or secrets known only to those initiated
- The plot revolves around some crime--whether
it be a murder, theft or kidnapping. There is usually
a detective in this type of novel.
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Science
Fiction
- is imaginary writing based on current
or projected scientific technological developments
- This fiction deals with the influence of
real or imagined science on society or individuals.
- A story based on fictional, scientific
possibilities.
- A form of fiction that draws imaginatively
on scientific knowledge and/or speculation.
- literary fantasy involving the imagined
impact of science on society
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Horror
- intense and profound fear
- something that inspires horror; something
horrible.
- intense aversion
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