Fiction vs' Nonfiction

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Fiction vs. Nonfiction

• NOTES

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Fiction vs. Nonfiction

• Fiction- made up stories
• Nonfiction-a factual account
• Dialogue-words that the characters say (voices
  talking)

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Elements of Fiction

• Characters- made-up people or animals
• Plot- made-up series of events
• Setting-time and location a story takes place

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Elements of Fiction continued

• Narrator-tells the story/speaker
• Point of view- told from a certain perspective
• First-person point of view- the perspective of a
  character in the story
• Third-person point of view- the perspective of a
  narrator outside the story

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Elements of Fiction continued

• Theme- message about life

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Types of Fiction

• Novels- long works of fiction (contain
  characters, plot, conflict, and setting)
• Novellas- works of fiction that are shorter than
  novels but longer than short stories
• Short Stories- brief works of fiction. Tend to
  focus on a single conflict

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Elements of Nonfiction

• deals only with real people, events, or ideas
• works of nonfiction are narrated from the point
  of view or perspective of the author (a real
  person)
• presents facts or discusses ideas
• reflect the historical context of the time period

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Types of Nonfiction

• Biographies- tell the story of someones life and
  are told from the perspective of another writer.
• Autobiographies and memoirs- tell the story of
  the authors life and reflect the writers
  thoughts and feelings about events.
• Letters- written forms of communication from one
  person to another

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Types of Nonfiction continued

• Journal and diaries- records of daily events and
  the writers thoughts and feelings about them.
  Meant to be either public or private
• Essays and articles- brief written words about a
  specific topic. The purpose might be to explain,
  persuade, or inform.
• Informational texts- written documents commonly
  found in everyday life. Examples are textbooks,
  applications, instructions, and articles.

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Practice

• Indicate whether each literary work described
  here is an example of fiction or nonfiction.
• 1. A book about the life of a famous person.
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• 2. An essay on a controversial issue.
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• 3. A story told from the point of view of a dog.
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