1. What is the best way to find the truth?

2. Fiction and Nonfiction

3. All categories of books or stories can be called either fiction or non-fiction.
A made up story
Can tell about things that could happen
Is read for fun
Characters may be like real people or imaginary
Non-Fiction
Has facts that can be checked and proven
The author is an expert on this information.

4. Fiction or Nonfiction? Fiction
Story is created from the author’s imagination
Stories are pretend
Animals or objects can talk, wear clothes, have jobs
People in the story can do things people cannot really do
Story might have funny pictures

5. Forms of Fiction There are three main forms of fiction.
Novel: long work of fiction; contains the basic elements of fiction; may contain subplots along with the main plot
Subplots: independent related stories
Novella: shorter than a novel but longer than a short story
Short Story: brief work of fiction; contains basic elements of fiction; one main plot; one conflict; most can be read in one sitting

6. What is Fiction? Fiction is a story that is not real.
Picture books
Chapter books
Comics
Story books

7. Genres of Fiction Mystery (Nancy Drew) Horror (Goosebumps)
Fantasy (Harry Potter)
Science-fiction (Star Wars)
Myths, Fairytales, Legends (Cinderella)
Historical Fiction (Letters from Rifka)
Can you name any others?

8. Elements of Fiction Setting Character Plot Point of View Theme
Symbolism
Other

9. Fiction or Nonfiction? Nonfiction Story is true and factual
Stories are about real people
Book gives information
Might have maps or real pictures
Pictures have captions describing the photograph
An index in the back helps find information
Might have a glossary which defines some words

10. What is Non-Fiction? Text that is TRUE and based on REAL information
Forms of Non-Fiction Text:
Newspapers Dictionaries
Encyclopedias Scholastic News
Textbooks Magazines
Non-Fiction Books

11. Forms of Nonfiction
Two broad categories of nonfiction are literary nonfiction and functional texts.
Literary Nonfiction: has elements of fiction; For example it might use vivid descriptions, a dramatic writing style, or poetic language.
Functional Texts: give instructions, show directions, explain rules, provide other information that helps you complete procedures; often use illustrations or graphics

12. Literary Nonfiction Autobiographies and memoirs:
tell the story of the author’s life
Biographies:
tell the story of someone’s life from the
perspective of another writer
Letters:
written communications from person to person

13. Essays and Articles:
brief works about a specific topic
Reviews:
tell what is good and what is bad about a work of
art or performance.
Reports:
give information about a topic explored through
research

14. Functional Texts Recipes: tell how to prepare food
Directions: tell how to operate or assemble equipment
Schedules: tell when events take place
Menus: tell which foods are available and their cost
Brochures: use pictures and text to advertise places or events
Maps: are diagrams that show areas of land
Applications: are written requests to an authority

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

16. Table of Contents It tells you what is in the book
It tells you the heading and the page number
It is found in the front
Table of Contents
What is Fiction? Page 1
What is Non-Fiction? Page 3
Features of Non-Fiction Page 5
Forms of Non-Fiction Page 10
I can learn about the Features of Non-Fiction on page:
a. 1 b. 4 c. 5

17. Glossary It gives you a word and its definition
It is in alphabetical order
The important words are in bold print
Usually found in the back of the text

18. Index
A list in alphabetical order of common important words or topics with page numbers
Found in the back of the text
True or False:
Topics found in the index can appear on more than
one page in the text.
TRUE
FALSE

19. Headings They tell us what the new topic is about
Found at the top of the page or at the beginning of a new topic

20. Bold Print The print will be thicker and darker than other words
Found throughout the text
“This is a presentation on the features of fiction and non-fiction. If this were a non-fiction book, you could go to the Glossary to find the meanings of the words that are in Bold Print.”
Which of the following words in the above paragraph are in bold print?
a. fiction
b. features
c. Glossary

21. Photographs/Real Pictures
They are real pictures or photographs, not drawings or cartoons.
Found throughout the text

22. Charts, Graphs, and Maps Illustrations of important information
Found throughout the text

23. Captions
A caption explains what a picture, chart, graph, or map is about.
Captions are found near a picture, chart, graph, or maps
Example of a caption:
This is an image of a monarch
caterpillar taken at a butterfly garden
in Florida.