Fiction vs Nonfiction

Provides factual information about real times, places, or cultures:

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

• Both

Often suggests a theme or insight into life:

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

• Both

Often focuses on a central idea, or key concept:

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

• Both

Can be literary while presenting facts about a subject:

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

• Both

Novellas are examples of:

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

• Both

Employs literary elements such as figurative language and dialogue:

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

• Both

Can be told from a first person point of view or a third person point of view:

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

• Both

Contains conflicts which can be described as internal or external:

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

• Both

Functional texts such as reports, newsletters, and online reference sources are:

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

• Both

Forms of this are short stories, novels and novellas:

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

• Both