Unit 1 Fiction Nonfiction Elements of Fiction Fiction

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Unit 1 Fiction & Nonfiction

Unit 1 Fiction & Nonfiction

Elements of Fiction • Fiction is literature with imaginary people, events, or places. •

Elements of Fiction • Fiction is literature with imaginary people, events, or places. • Example: Cinderella • Characters: • Plot: • Setting: • Narrator: • Theme: • THINK-PAIR-SHARE

Cinderella • Characters: Cinderella, stepmother, fairy godmother • Plot: a young girl living in

Cinderella • Characters: Cinderella, stepmother, fairy godmother • Plot: a young girl living in a wicked step family, her magical transformation that enables her to dance with a prince, and then her losing and then reclaiming a glass slipper • Setting: timeless fairy tale land of castles and princes • Narrator: a storyteller speaking from the 3 rd person point of view • Theme: kindness & goodness triumphs over meanness & evil ****One element might stand out more than the others. For ex. Plotmystery; ________-Western; theme- folk tales. *******

Types of fiction • Fiction is classified into a specific type depending on its

Types of fiction • Fiction is classified into a specific type depending on its length. • Novels usually have subplots, usually the longest. EX. The plot of a young man coming from China in search of his father. There might be a subplot involving his attempt to get his article about his father published in an American newspaper. • Novellas have a word count of 10, 000 -70, 000 words. (Charles Dickens story, A Christmas Carol) • Short Stories are meant to be read in one sitting. (Little House on the Praire or Snow White)

Elements of Nonfiction • Nonfiction only deals with real or true events. • The

Elements of Nonfiction • Nonfiction only deals with real or true events. • The prefix NON means not. What does nonfiction mean? • Types of Nonfiction: • Biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, and sometimes journal tell stories and are usually written in narrative form.

Nonfiction (con’t) • Nonfiction writing is often developed to meet a purpose, or goal,

Nonfiction (con’t) • Nonfiction writing is often developed to meet a purpose, or goal, such as to explain, or to persuade. Letters and essays and articles are used to persuade. • Formative Assessment: • Check your Understanding-pg. 5

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