Fact or Opinion: Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
Fact
100
Is the story fiction or nonfiction?
nonfiction
100
What word means to fix up or play around with?
tinker
200
How do you know the passage in nonfiction?
Because it gives facts and details about a topic.
200
What did Josephine Cochran invent?
the dishwasher
200
Why did the author write the passage. Choose one.
1. to persuade readers which invention is best
2. to give advice about becoming an inventor
3. to tell a funny story about inventors
4. to describe one special invention