What are the different things you can read

What are the different things you can read everyday? Do you think you read everything the same way?

What is fiction? • Fiction is fake • ideas can be about real people but the details and events are made up by the writer • read for fun

Types of Fiction • Poetry • Plays • Narrative Text – Realistic fiction – Fairytale – Fantasy – Folktale – Historical fiction – Science fiction

What is non-fiction? What is the purpose of non-fiction writing? • Non-fiction is not fake • informs the reader about REAL events, people, places, and times • OR tries to persuade the reader to see the author’s feelings or point of view • Sometimes called INFORMATIONAL TEXT

Types of Non-Fiction • Narrative (tells a true story) – diaries – biographies • INFORMATIONAL (expository) – articles (newspapers, magazines…) – reference books (encyclopedias, almanac…) – textbooks • Persuasive (promotes an opinion or feeling) – advertisements – editorial • Everyday text – – menus coupons directions flyers

Characteristics of Each Type of Writing fiction • characters • setting • plot fiction/nonfiction • theme • main idea (author’s purpose) • supporting details • can have chapters and titles • text features • headings • subtitles • bold words • • • italics underlined words table of context glossary index charts and graphs

It doesn’t matter what you read, nonfiction OR fiction, as long as you take the time read …… using your HDTV