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