Answer: Replace “to be” verbs with action verbs. “To be” verbs are passive and static, serving only to transmit information as statements of fact.
 
        
             
        
        
        
The first one. lightening bolts is plural. 
        
                    
             
        
        
        
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Answer: The Answer is A a fairy tale
Explanation:
Out of these options only a fairy tale is fictional, the cooking recipe is a step by step text, a dictionary entry tells the definition to a word and a newspaper article tells the news like important events happening near you.    
A fairy tale is a story usually with a magic and some non human characters, and that is  fiction.