Fiction

&
Nonfiction
First year ACE
 What is genre?

• A category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized

by a particular style, form, or content

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 What is Fiction?

• It is literature created from the imagination.

• Things like: Mysteries, science fiction, romance, fantasy, chick lit, crime
thrillers are all fiction genres.

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 What is non Fiction

• Factual stories focused on actual events and people.

• Nonfiction includes: Autobiographies, biographies, advertisements, letters,
diaries, newspaper articles….

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 Fiction VS.
Non-fiction

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 Some
examples of
Fiction and
Non-fiction
are:
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 Genres of Fiction
1. Mystery – involves investigation of a crime, most often murders.

2. Horror – aims to frighten or disgust readers.

3. Fantasy – stories of the use of magic or supernatural things.

4. Science-Fiction- stories, or compositions which contain the right amount of science and fiction in
them.

5. Myths – stories based on legends, which have a deep meaning.

6. Fairy Tales – type of stories that features giants, elves, fairies, enchantments …

7. Legends – Semi – true story, which has been passed on from person to person.

8. Historical Fiction – the main setting of this type of story is mostly a historical place, but the story
being told is not based on facts.
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 What are some Non-fictional Texts:

• Newspapers

• Encyclopedia

• Textbooks

• Dictionaries

• Scholastic News

• Magazines

• Non-Fiction Books
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 Literary Nonfiction

• Autobiographies

• Biographies

• Letters

• Essays

• Reviews

• Reports
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 Classify the following as fiction or
nonfiction:
Non-Fiction Fiction Non-Fiction Non-Fiction Fiction

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