Fiction and Nonfiction

Directions: Complete the following exercise to compare and contrast fiction and nonfiction text.

What are the What characteristics do What are the

characteristics of fiction fiction and nonfiction texts characteristics of
text? share? nonfiction texts?

● Characters ● Contain elements of ● Elements of non-

(protagonist and plot, setting and fiction usually
antagonist, or characters include real
supporting.) ● Real people, truth, people, places and
● Setting (when and places and events events
where the story can coexist within ● Autobiographies,
takes place) fiction and non- newspapers,
● Point of View (1st fiction Thesaurus, charts,
person or 3rd graphs, etc
person: narrator) ● Types of nonfiction
● Problem/Conflict can be informative
(external or (informs reader
internal) about a certain
● Solution/Resolution idea or person),
(happens at the end descriptive
or near the end of (observation), and
a story. Shows how persuasive
a problem is (motivate or
solved) inspire reader to a
● Plot (main story certain concept)
introduced in the
literature)
● Epics, fairy tales,
urban legends,
science fiction,
etc