Fiction vs Nonfiction

Provides factual information about real times, places, or cultures:

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

• Both

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Often suggests a theme or insight into life:

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

• Both

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Often focuses on a central idea, or key concept:

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

• Both

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Can be literary while presenting facts about a subject:

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

• Both

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Novellas are examples of:

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

• Both

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Employs literary elements such as figurative language and dialogue:

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

• Both

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Can be told from a first person point of view or a third person point of view:

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

• Both

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Contains conflicts which can be described as internal or external:

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

• Both

Functional texts such as reports, newsletters, and online reference sources are:

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

• Both

Forms of this are short stories, novels and novellas:

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

• Both

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3