RP 5C Genre Lesson 1

RP 5C Genre

Lesson 1

Multiple Choice

1. Is the example above fiction or nonfiction, and what clue from the text supports this?

• A. nonfiction, because the event took place at midnight.

• B. nonfiction, because there were pieces of leather on the shoemaker’s table.

• C. fiction, because the elves are characters that are not part of real life.

• D. fiction, because the shoemaker could not see.

Multiple Choice

2. Is the example above fiction or nonfiction, and what clue from the text supports this?

• A. fiction, because a carpenter is an imaginary character

• B. fiction, because being an apprentice is not possible in real life

• C. nonfiction, because it explains a type of technology that does not yet exist

• D. nonfiction, because it gives information about learning skills for a job

Multiple Choice

3. Is this example above fiction or nonfiction, and what clues from the text support this?

• A. fiction, because it has a magic object and an imaginary animal in it

• B. fiction, because the king needed the princes’ help to solve a problem

• C. nonfiction, because the events take place during a certain time in history

• D. nonfiction, because it explains the powers of a king

Multiple Choice

4. Is the example above fiction or nonfiction, and what clue from the text supports this?

• A. nonfiction, because the first sentence is a question

• B. nonfiction, because it describes a type of actual drawing or picture

• C. fiction, because the events take place at some point in the future

• D. fiction, because it uses imaginary characters

Poll

I can confidently determine if a passage is fiction or nonfiction.

• Yes

• No

Poll

I can confidently locate textual evidence to determine if a passage is fiction or nonfiction.

• Yes

• No