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Reading Strategies
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Reading StrategiesThe Difference between Reading
Fiction and NonfictionCreated and Developed by Jill Leone
Reading SpecialistCopyright © 2006
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• Students will recognize the difference between
reading fiction and nonfiction text.
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reading fiction and nonfiction text.
• Students will differentiate between strategies
used to read these types of text.
• Students will apply these strategies to selected
practice questions.
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Do you think you read everything the same way?
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Would you read a comic book the same way that -
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-you would read a road sign?
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Or a newspaper?
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The instructions to your new
video game?
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What about a novel?
A menu?
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Or a textbook?
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A contract?
A credit card statement?
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Or a bank statement?
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Different types of reading passages require you to use different reading strategies.
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The strategies that you use generally depend on two things:
• Your purpose for reading
• Whether you’re reading fiction or nonfiction
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What is Fiction?What is Fiction?
Fiction is anything that is
invented or imagined by a writer.
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Although it may be based on real people, events, or experiences, its characters and settings are invented.
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Memoirs
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Through fiction, you come to understand Through fiction, you come to understand your own life through the lives of others.your own life through the lives of others.
Memoirs
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The author’s job of writing is only half the process. You bring a story to life by
using your imagination.
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Types of FictionTypes of Fiction
PlaysPoetryShort Stories and Novels
• Romance
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• Romance• Mysteries
• Westerns • Fantasy • Science Fiction• Historical Fiction
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How to Read FictionHow to Read Fiction
You read more quickly than nonfiction.
You form mental images by using your
imagination to picture –
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• how characters look
• where they live
• what they do.
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Details in fiction are not as Details in fiction are not as important as “the big picture.”important as “the big picture.”
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How to Read FictionHow to Read Fiction
It’s usually easy to
remember.
Many events are told in
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Many events are told in
chronological order.
This helps you with
your comprehension.
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The opposite of fiction is nonfiction. Nonfiction tells about real people, places,
events, thoughts, and times.
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You are informed of what’s happening in the world around you.
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Basic Types of NonfictionBasic Types of Nonfiction
Narrative nonfiction tells a true story.
Expository nonfiction is factual and informative
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factual and informative writing.
Persuasive nonfiction promotes an opinion or
a position.
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Some nonfiction works tell a Some nonfiction works tell a story, just as fiction works do.story, just as fiction works do.
Examples of narrative nonfiction:
• autobiographies
• biographies
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• biographies
• memoirs
• narrative essays
• newspaper and magazine articles
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More Examples of NonfictionMore Examples of Nonfiction
Writing that expresses personal feelings and writers’ opinions
• Editorials and letters to the editor
• Reviews of books, movies, etc.
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• Reviews of books, movies, etc.
• Diaries and journals
• Personal essays
• Letters
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More Examples of NonfictionMore Examples of Nonfiction
Information articles about how things
work or came to be
Reading you do in a
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Reading you do in a science, health, or
history class
Technical articles that explain instructions or specialized procedure
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Today, almost everything you want to know -
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Maybe more than any other reading,
requires you to read critically and apply
your prior knowledge.prior knowledge.
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How to Read NonfictionHow to Read Nonfiction
Always try to figure out the writer’s purpose and intended audience.
Writers change strategies depending on their audience and purpose for writing.
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their audience and purpose for writing.
When we understand why andfor whom something was written,
we understand it better.
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How to Read NonfictionHow to Read Nonfiction
Look at content & organization:
� How ideas are organized
� Which ideas are facts
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� Which ideas are opinions
Before you start to read, think
about what you already know.
Read more slowly & carefully.
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How to Read NonfictionHow to Read Nonfiction
Nonfiction is mostly read for a particular purpose.
You read the newspaper to learn –
• what’s going on in the world
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• what’s going on in the world
• look for a job
• check the sports or
• a movie review.
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Nonfiction is about facts.
Details are important. You look at more than “the big picture.”
How to Read NonfictionHow to Read Nonfiction
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Questions usually have one best answer.
It’s often hard to form mental images.
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How to Read NonfictionHow to Read Nonfiction
Nonfiction is often difficult to remember.
The main idea is often – not always –in the first sentence of the paragraph.
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in the first sentence of the paragraph.
The last sentence of the paragraph often – not always – sums up the main
idea.
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How to Read NonfictionHow to Read Nonfiction
Often there are charts, tables, and graphsto help you understand what you’re reading.
This writing often uses titles and
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This writing often uses titles and subtitles, which can help you figure out the main ideas.
The size of the headings, bold print, italicized and underlined words are there for a reason. Use them!
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Which of the following is not a characteristic of nonfiction?
A. Uses charts, tables, and graphs
B. Easier to remember
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B. Easier to remember
C. Details are important
D. Mostly read for a particular purpose
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Which of the following is not a characteristic of nonfiction?
A. Uses charts, tables, and graphs
B. Easier to remember
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B. Easier to remember
C. Details are important
D. Mostly read for a particular purpose
How did you do?
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Practice QuestionPractice Question
Which of the following is an example
of nonfiction writing?
A. A short story
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B. A novel
C. An autobiography
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Practice QuestionPractice Question
Which of the following is an example
of nonfiction writing?
A. A short story
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B. A novel
C. An autobiography
How did you do?
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Today we discussed reading fiction –
� Use your imagination to form mental
images
� “Big picture” more important than
A Quick ReviewA Quick Review
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� “Big picture” more important than
details
� Read for pleasure
� Read more quickly
� Easier to remember
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When reading nonfiction –� Figure out writer’s purpose and
audience.
� You have a purpose for reading
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� You have a purpose for reading� Look at content and organization.
� Read more slowly and carefully.� Details important.� Difficult to form mental images.� Harder to remember.
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It doesn’t matter whether you It doesn’t matter whether you It doesn’t matter whether you It doesn’t matter whether you read or nonfiction read or nonfiction read or nonfiction read or nonfiction ----
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As long asAs long asAs long asAs long asyou take you take you take you take
the time to the time to the time to the time to read!read!read!read!
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