Unit 1Fiction & Nonfiction

Elements of Fiction

• Fiction is literature with imaginary people, events, or places.

• Example: Cinderella• Characters:• Plot:• Setting:• Narrator:• Theme:• THINK-PAIR-SHARE

Cinderella

• Characters: Cinderella,stepmother,fairy godmother

• Plot: a young girl living in a wicked step family, her magical transformation that enables her to dance with a prince, and then her losing and then reclaiming a glass slipper

• Setting: timeless fairy tale land of castles and princes

• Narrator: a storyteller speaking from the 3rd person point of view

• Theme: kindness & goodness triumphs over meanness & evil****One element might stand out more than the others. For ex. Plot-

mystery; _______________-Western; theme- folk tales. *******

Types of fiction

• Fiction is classified into a specific type depending on its length.

• Novels usually have subplots, usually the longest. EX. The plot of a young man coming from China in search of his father. There might be a subplot involving his attempt to get his article about his father published in an American newspaper.

• Novellas have a word count of 10,000-70,000 words. (Charles Dickens story, A Christmas Carol)

• Short Stories are meant to be read in one sitting. (Little House on the Praire or Snow White)

Elements of Nonfiction

• Nonfiction only deals with real or true events.• The prefix NON means not. What does

nonfiction mean?

• Types of Nonfiction:• Biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, and

sometimes journal tell stories and are usually written in narrative form.

Nonfiction (con’t)

• Nonfiction writing is often developed to meet a purpose, or goal, such as to explain, or to persuade. Letters and essays and articles are used to persuade.

• Formative Assessment:• Check your Understanding-pg.5