Non-Fiction
A book, article, or any piece of literature where the contents only consist of facts, real events, and real people
What is a non-fiction?
A work of literature where the events are NOT based in fact. Events are typically made up by the author.
What is fiction?
Wings of Fire: A book where five dragonets are part of a prophecy that says they will be the ones to stop the war between three opposing dragon queens. This series consists of elements such as magical creatures and fantastical lands.
What is Fantasy?
I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919: 100 years ago Carmen was caught in a flood of sticky molasses. Will she be able to survive? This is based upon real events in the past, but the characters are made up.
What is Historical Fiction?
A type of book written about someone's life by someone other than the person it's about.
What is a biography?
True or false: Fiction genres can, and often do, overlap.
What is true?
To All the Boys I've Loved Before: A girl writes letters to every crush she's ever had, the only thing is that she never sends them. These letters get stolen and sent out to each boy, leaving her to try to clean up the mess.
What is Romance? / What is Realistic Fiction?
Gym Candy: A football player, Mike, has to be the best on the team. He lives, breathes, and sleeps football. Mike, however, ends up getting into something he never imagined he would in order to be the best...
What is Sports Fiction?
The two kinds of non-fiction writing (and what their purpose is.)
Informational- To inform
Persuasive- To persuade
True or false: Fiction CAN include real people, places, or events.
What is true?
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: A novel consisting of many photos where you follow the misadventures of a young Greg Heffley. Usually there is many funny moments in the novel at Greg's expense.
What is a Graphic Novel? / What is Humor?
Girl, Stolen: Cheyenne, a blind sixteen year-old, is kidnapped and held for ransom after her mother's car was stolen with her in the back seat. Cheyenne's life is in danger throughout the novel and she only has her wits to try and keep herself alive.
What is Thriller?
Persuasive or informational: "The color blue is considered one the most popular colors. In a recent survey, 67% of people said that blue was their favorite color. The question that must be asked now is why?"
What is informational?
Fiction books often are made to ________ the reader.
What is entertain?
Monday's Not Coming: When Claudia's friend, Monday, goes missing, Claudia struggles to cope. This novel follows Claudia as she searches for the truth behind what happened to Monday and where she went.
What is Mystery?
Restart: When Chase Ambrose falls of the roof of his house, the blow to his head causes complete amnesia. After getting reacquainted with his family, he starts back to school, where he discovers he has been a superstar athlete and the biggest bully in the eighth grade.
What is Realistic Fiction?
The kind of language is used for persuasive non-fiction.
What is loaded language?
Fiction books are often split into different _______.
What are genres?
Among the Hidden: A young boy in the future is born the third child in a society where third children are forbidden. If third children are discovered, they are killed by the goverment.
What is Dystopian?
A Wrinkle in Time: Meg Murry, a high-school-aged girl is transported on an adventure through time and space with her younger brother Charles Wallace and her friend Calvin O'Keefe to rescue her father. Guided by three space beings, they go to try and save her father trapped on another planet.
What is Science Fiction?