Fiction and Nonfiction Review

​Fiction and
Nonfiction Review

By Kathleen Taylor

• Fiction passages read like stories and have characters, setting, problems, and solutions

• ​Nonfiction passages have real facts and information.

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​Fiction is Made Up
and Nonfiction is Real

Multiple Choice

A story that is imaginary or made up would be considered as which of the following?

• A. Fiction

• C. Nonfiction

Multiple Choice

Writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people would be considered as which of the following?

• C. Fiction

• D. Nonfiction

• INFOrmational has facts and INFOrmation

• Biography is the real story of a person's life written by somebody else.

• An autobiography is a real story of a person's life written by that person.

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​3 Types of Nonfiction

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Multiple Choice

 Buzz Aldrin describes what it was like when HE went to the moon in his _________.

• autobiography
• biography
• informational

Multiple Choice

The true life story of Susan B. Anthony written by Carol Ghiglieri is an example of ____________.

• an autobiography
• a biography
• informational

Multiple Choice

How a Crayon Is Made is ____________ book that shows the process of making crayons

• a biography

• an autobiography
• an informational book

Multiple Choice

What type of nonfiction book is this?

• Autobiography

• Biography

• Informational

Multiple Choice

What type of nonfiction is this book?

• Informational

• Biography

• Autobiography

Multiple Choice

What type of nonfiction book is this?

• biography

• informational

• autobiography

There many types of fiction. Let's review those.

• Could happen in real life

• Characters are relatable

• Has real problems and solutions like you would face

​Realistic Fiction

• Set back in the past

• Based on an event that happened back in history

• the way they speak, dress, and act are how they did back in the time period the story is.​

Historical Fiction

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• Set in the future

• has robots, aliens, and time travel

• can go to outer space and live on different places

Science Fiction

• Solve a mystery

• has clues, suspects, and investigations

• Who done it? kind of book

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​Mystery

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• magical things that could NEVER happen in real life

• ​Dragons, unicorns, and faires

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​Fantasy

• It has repetition, rhyme, and is always written to entertain.

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​Poetry

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What have you learned? Answer the next few questions.

Multiple Choice

Realistic fiction has characters and plots that could actually happen in everyday life.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

What tells a story that takes place in the past around a real time in HISTORY?

• Poems
• Realistic Fiction
• Historical Fiction
• Mystery

Multiple Choice

A story using made up characters that could happen in real life.

• Fairy Tale

• Realistic Fiction

• Fantasy

Multiple Choice

Which genre blends futuristic technology with scientific fact and fiction?

• Realistic Fiction
• Historical Fiction
• Science Fiction
• Poetry

Multiple Choice

Which genre includes elements that are impossible such as talking animals or magical powers?

• Science Fiction
• Mystery
• Realistic Fiction
• Fantasy

Multiple Choice

Make-believe. Magic. Talking animals. Wizards, elves, witches, dragons etc.

• Fable

• Informational

• Science Fiction

• Fantasy

Multiple Choice

Sometimes has a detective. Includes suspenseful events. Not solved until the end. Clues throughout the story.

• Mystery

• Science Fiction

• Fable

• Legend/Myth

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