Fiction vs Non-Fiction

Fiction vs

Non-Fiction

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Read each passage. Check whether you think the text came from a fiction or nonfiction book. Then, on the lines, explain why you chose your answer.

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Multiple Choice

The Water Cycle

• Fiction

• Non-Fiction

Multiple Choice

This is a story about what polar bears eat and where they live. 

• Fiction

• Non-Fiction

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is most likely historical fiction?

• a short story about prince and a talking frog

• a novel about a girl and her best friend

• a novel that takes place during the real event of the Civil War

• a short story about creatures on the planet Jupiter

Multiple Choice

Rebecca has written a story. Which sentence from the story shows that it is fiction?

I got Max when he was a kitten. He is black with a white spot on his chest. Max told me that he got his white spot by jumping through the snow. His spot makes him the cutest cat in the world!

• I got Max when he was a kitten.

• He is black with a white spot on his chest.

• Max told me that he got his white spot by jumping through the snow.

• His spot makes him the cutest cat in the world!

Multiple Choice

Which beginning line of a book gives you a clue that it is fiction?

• "During the days of the dinosaurs, the T-Rex ruled."

• Last week, we learned about animals living in Asia."

• "Many years ago, King George wrote to his people."

• "Once upon a time, there lived a princess in a far-away land."

Multiple Choice

Which book is probably nonfiction?

• A book about a boy and a dragon

• A book about a robot that destroys the earth

• A book about a girl who travels back through time

• A book about the first teen to win a figure skating contest at the Olympics

Multiple Choice

Tells a story about events that are made up by the author and did not really happen, even if they are like real life-

• Fiction

• Non-Fiction