Fiction, NonFiction and Biographies

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Fiction, Non-Fiction and Biographies By Sandy
Williams and Stacy Cameron Huffman Elementary,
Plano I.S.D.
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Fiction

• Not true
• Characters can be animals or
  people

• Types of fiction realistic, mystery, sports,
  humor, adventure, fantasy, historical

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A book about a talking dog

• is a Fiction book

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Non-Fiction

• True (factual)
• Contains information

• Can be about animals, history, government, real
  people, dinosaurs, etc.
• Has numbers on the spine

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A book about rabbits

• is a Non-Fiction book

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Biography

• True facts about a real person
• Book written by one person about
  another person

• Can be written about many people Collective
  Biography
• Usually found in the 900s or a special biography
  section

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A book about George W. Bush

• is a Biography

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• Why is this a Fiction book?
• Has illustrations
• Dancing gingerbread man
• Written by Jan Brett

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• What type of book is this?
• Non-Fiction
• Biography
• Fiction

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• Where would you find this book?
• In the Non-Fiction section
• In the Easy section
• With your mothers cookbooks