Transcript Fiction vs. Non-Fiction

Fiction vs. Non-Fiction
What is Fiction?
FICTION is a story that is:
FROM IMAGINATION
FAKE
NOT REAL
MAKE BELIEVE
Genres of Fiction
Mystery (Nancy Drew)
Horror (Goosebumps)
Fantasy (Harry Potter)
Science-fiction (Star Wars)
Myths, Fairytales, Legends (Cinderella)
Historical Fiction (Son of Liberty)
Features of Fiction
• Characters
• Setting
• Problem/solution
• Beginning, Middle, and
End
• Drawings or cartoons
What is Non-Fiction?
NON-FICTION is information that is…
Newspapers
Dictionaries
Encyclopedias
Textbooks
Magazines
Non-Fiction Books
Features of Non-Fiction
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Table of Contents
Glossary
Index
Headings
Bold Print
Photographs/Real Pictures
Charts, Graphs, and Maps
Captions
Fact and Opinion
Glossary
Photographs/Real Pictures
• They are real pictures or photographs,
not drawings or cartoons.
• Found throughout the text
Charts, Graphs, and Maps
• Illustrations of important information
• Found throughout the text
Captions
• A caption explains what a picture, chart,
graph, or map is about.
• Captions are found near a picture,
chart, graph, or maps
Example of a caption:
This is an image of
a monarch
caterpillar taken at
a butterfly garden
in Florida.
• Explain how the following
books on the next slide are
either fiction or nonfiction.
Now you can tell and explain
the difference between a
fiction and non-fiction book.