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Genre Thesaurus Adventure plays Used for plays characterized by an emphasis on physical and often violent action, exotic locales, and danger Adventure poetry Used for poetry characterized by an emphasis on physical and often violent action, exotic locales, and danger Adventure stories Used for novels and stories characterized by an emphasis on physical and often violent action, exotic locales, and danger Audiocassettes Autobiographical fiction: use Historical fiction Autobiographies Biographical fiction: use Historical fiction Biographies Board books Christmas plays Christmas poetry Christmas stories Comic novels: use Humorous fiction Compact discs Contemporary realistic fiction Used for novels and stories set during a contemporary time that deal with familiar, everyday problems, pleasures, personal relationships and characters with settings that seem real Contemporary realistic plays Used for plays set during a contemporary time that deal with familiar, everyday problems, pleasures, personal relationships and characters with settings that seem real Contemporary realistic poetry Used for poetry set during a contemporary time that deal with familiar, everyday problems, pleasures, personal relationships and characters with settings that seem real Crime stories: use Detective and mystery stories Detective and mystery plays Used for plays dealing with the detection and solution of crime Detective and mystery poetry Used for poetry dealing with the detection and solution of crime Detective and mystery stories Used for novels and stories dealing with the detection and solution of crime Domestic fiction: use Contemporary realistic fiction Fables Fairy tales Used for short simple narratives in the form of novels, stories, plays, or poems, etc. that are often of folk origin and usually intended for children, involving fantastic forces and magical beings such as dragons, elves, fairies, goblins, witches, and wizards Fantasy fiction Used for novels and stories that feature imaginary worlds, extraordinary creatures, sorcerers, epic quests, or magic Fantasy plays Used for plays that feature imaginary worlds, extraordinary creatures, sorcerers, epic quests, or magic Fantasy poetry Used for poetry that features imaginary worlds, extraordinary creatures, sorcerers, epic quests, or magic Fiction Folklore Used for traditional beliefs, legends, and customs of a people in the form of novels, stories, plays, or poems, etc; often based on spoken rather than written tradition Folk tales: use Folklore Ghost plays Used for plays which features ghosts, spirits, and other supernatural phenomena, written to prey upon the fears of the reader Ghost poetry Used for poetry which features ghosts, spirits, and other supernatural phenomena, written to prey upon the fears of the reader Ghost stories Used for novels and stories which features ghosts, spirits, and other supernatural phenomena, written to prey upon the fears of the reader Heroic fantasy (Fiction): use Fantasy fiction Historical fiction Used for novels and stories set during a time prior to the time in which they were written, and based around real events, people, or situations, including biographical or autobiographical fiction Historical plays Used for plays set during a time prior to the time in which they were written, and based around real events, people, or situations, including biographical or autobiographical and fictional or nonfictional events Historical poetry Used for poetry set during a time prior to the time in which they were written, and based around real events, people, or situations, including biographical or autobiographical and fictional or nonfictional events Holiday stories Used for novels and stories set during or celebrating a traditional holiday, except Christmas; for Christmas stories use Christmas stories Holiday plays Used for plays set during or celebrating a traditional holiday, except Christmas; for Christmas plays use Christmas plays Holiday poetry Used for poetry set during or celebrating a traditional holiday, except Christmas; for Christmas poetry use Christmas poetry Horror fiction: use Occult fiction Humorous plays Used for plays written in a comical and amusing manner Humorous poetry Used for poetry written in a comical and amusing manner Humorous stories Used for novels and stories written in a comical and amusing manner Informational books Mysteries: use Detective and mystery stories Mystery stories: use Detective and mystery stories Nonfiction: use Informational books Novel: use Fiction Occult fiction Used for novels and stories dealing with witchcraft, spiritualism, psychic phenomena, voodooism, vampires, werewolves, etc., and for works of the gruesome and horrific; themes can include possession; people or creatures rising from the dead; and characters with psychic or occult powers Occult plays Used for plays dealing with witchcraft, spiritualism, psychic phenomena, voodooism, vampires, werewolves, etc., and for works of the gruesome and horrific; themes can include possession, people or creatures rising from the dead, and characters with psychic or occult powers. Occult poetry Used for poetry dealing with witchcraft, spiritualism, psychic phenomena, voodooism, vampires, werewolves, etc., and for works of the gruesome and horrific; themes can include possession, people or creatures rising from the dead, and characters with psychic or occult powers Picture books Plays Poetry Pop-up books: use Toy and movable books Science fiction Used for novels and stories of fantasy that deal with possible though not necessarily probable events and are based approximately on scientific principles, e.g., space travel, time travel, etc.; used also for works in which mankind confronts alien cultures or environments Science fiction plays Used for plays of fantasy that deal with possible though not necessarily probable events and are based approximately on scientific principles, e.g., space travel, time travel, etc.; used also for works in which mankind confronts alien cultures or environments Science fiction poetry Used for poetry of fantasy that deal with possible though not necessarily probable events and are based approximately on scientific principles, e.g., space travel, time travel, etc.; used also for works in which mankind confronts alien cultures or environments Short stories Used for collections or anthologies of short stories Sports plays Sports poetry Sports stories Sound recordings: use Audiocassettes or Compact discs Suspense novels: use Adventure stories and Detective and mystery stories Swashbucklers: use Adventure stories Terror tales: use Occult fiction Thrillers: use Adventure stories and Detective and mystery stories Time travel (Fiction): use Fantasy fiction and Science fiction Toy and movable books Western plays Used for post-19th century plays set in the 19th-century American West Western poetry Used for post-19th century poetry set in the 19th-century American West Western stories Used for post-19th century novels and stories set in the 19th-century American West

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