7a Non-fiction Techniques

Myths, fairy tales, and legends are examples of...

• Fiction

• Non-Fiction

The autobiography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is an example of...

• Fiction

• Non-Fiction

Which is the best definition of fiction?

• a story that comes from the author's imagination

• a story that comes from real life

• a story in the newspaper

• a story that takes place in space

Which best describes nonfiction?

• a book with many chapters

• writing that focuses on one person or main idea

• a story with no dialogue or conversations between animals

• writing that is based on facts and true things that happened

What type of text is this?

• Fiction

• Non-Fiction

Which of the following could be the title of a fiction text?

• The time my pet Alligator ran away

• All About Alligators

• Why Alligators are the Best Animal

• The environmental impact of reintroducing alligators into swamps

What feature of non-fiction is shown in this example?

• index

• table

• map

• diagram

What is the time and place of a fictional story?

• rising action

• plot

• conflict

• setting

The point of view in which the narrator is telling his or her own story. Uses words such as I, me, we, our, etc.

• 3rd Person

• 2nd Person

• 1st Person

• 4th person

Who is the author?

• the person who the story is about
• the person who wrote the story
• the person who illustrates the story
• the person who edits the story