Fiction vs. Non Fiction

1. Literature Genres by: Ryan Zhu July 2, 2013 4th Grade

2. Fiction vs. Non Fiction • Fiction • Make believe • Realistic fiction • Characters are act like real people • Talking animals • People/Animals on different planets • Special powers • Non Fiction • Real facts • Events can happen in real life • Tells how the person talks ,feels, and thinks about • Events are usually told in order as the occured

3. Fantasy • Animal characters act like real people • Special powers • Imaginary characters • Settings may occur in the future • Usually a good vs. evil • May use science not discovered

4. Adventure Tale • A story has characters who behave like real people and animals • The settings could be real • The events can happen in real life • Many actions may occur

5. Folk Tales • A story has been retold over many generations • Folk tales often began with “Once upon a time” or “Long ago in a faraway place • Good or smart may win over evil are stupid • The story often teaches a lesson are moral • The story is told using the words he, she, or it

6. Poetry • There are poems that rhyme • The poems often contain incomplete sentences each on its own lines. • Poems often contain incomplete sentences, each on its own line • Poems often contain repeated words

7. Narrative-Non Fiction • Characters are real people, and settings are real places, and the plot is comprised of real events presented in the form of a story

8. Biography • Tells how a person feels, talks, and, thinks about things • Events are told in the order they occured