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Fiction Fiction IntroductionIntroduction
Fiction Fiction IntroductionIntroduction
Grade Six LiteratureGrade Six Literature
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Fiction
• Tells a story about made up characters and events
• Contains a group of story events called a plot
• Contains a setting, which is where and when the story takes place
• Has a narrator who tells the story
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Fiction - cont.
• Contains a message or lesson about life, known as the theme
• May be written in first person point of view, which means that the narrator is part of the story (I, me)
• May be written in third person, meaning the narrator is NOT part of the story (he, she, they)
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Why is fiction written?
• The purpose of fiction is to entertain the reader.
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3 Major Types of Fiction
• Novel - is long, with many chapters
• Novella - shorter than a novel, but longer than a short story
• Short story – brief enough to be read in one setting
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Novel
• Has a plot with many events• Has several characters who face
challenges• Often has more than one setting• Often has more than one theme
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Novella
• Plot has fewer events than the plot of a novel
• Several characters that face challenges
• May have more than one setting• Sometimes has more than one
theme
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Short Story
• Has a plot with few related events• One or more characters• Usually only one main setting• Usually only one main theme
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Remember. .. • Short story-always SHORT; you
can read it in a very SHORT time• Novella-longer book, like a chapter
book for younger kids (Junie B. Jones or Magic Treehouse)
• Novel-LONGER than a novella (Harry Potter books, Holes)