Fiction or Nonfictio

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Fiction or Nonfiction?

Fiction• Story is created from the

author’s imagination– Stories are pretend– Animals or objects can talk,

wear clothes, have jobs– People in the story can do

things people cannot really do

– Story might have funny pictures

Fiction or Nonfiction?

Nonfiction• Story is true and factual

– Stories are about real people– Book gives information– Might have maps or real

pictures– Pictures have captions

describing the photograph– An index in the back helps

find information– Might have a glossary which

defines some words