Fiction vs. Non-Fiction

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What is Fiction?FICTION is a story that is:

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Genres of Fiction

Mystery (Nancy Drew)

Horror (Goosebumps)

Fantasy (Harry Potter)

Science-fiction (Star Wars)

Myths, Fairytales, Legends (Cinderella)

Historical Fiction (Son of Liberty)

Features of Fiction

• Characters• Setting• Problem/solution• Beginning, Middle, and End• Drawings or cartoons

What is Non-Fiction?

NON-FICTION is information that is…

Newspapers Dictionaries

Encyclopedias

Textbooks Magazines

Non-Fiction Books

Features of Non-Fiction• Table of Contents• Glossary• Index• Headings• Bold Print• Photographs/Real Pictures• Charts, Graphs, and Maps• Captions• Fact and Opinion

Glossary

Photographs/Real Pictures

• They are real pictures or photographs, not drawings or cartoons.

• Found throughout the text

Charts, Graphs, and Maps

• Illustrations of important information

• Found throughout the text

Captions• A caption explains what a picture, chart,

graph, or map is about.

• Captions are found near a picture, chart, graph, or maps

This is an image of a monarch caterpillar taken at a butterfly garden in Florida.

Example of a caption:

• Explain how the following books on the next slide are either fiction or nonfiction.

Now you can tell and explain the difference between a fiction and non-fiction book.