| Movies and Video Clips | ||
| #1 | How do you know THE LION KING movie is fiction? | The animals talk. |
| #2 | A video clip about the Midwest would show pictures and give _____ about that area. | facts |
| #3 | Is the movie STUART LITTLE realistic fiction or fantasy fiction? | fantasy fiction |
| #4 | What kind of fiction is a story about a true event or person? | historical fiction |
| #5 | Are Bill Nye's videos fiction or nonfiction? | nonfiction |
| Books | ||
| #1 | When Matt reads ROBINSON CRUSOE to Attean, are they reading fiction or nonfiction? | fiction |
| #2 | Name one fantasy character and one realistic character from CHARLOTTE'S WEB. | fantasy: the animals; realistic: Fern, the girl who raised Wilbur |
| #3 | Would you say that TRAPPED IN DEATH CAVE is more realistic or more fantasy? | Realistic (because it COULD have happened even if it didn't really happen.) |
| #4 | What kind of fiction story is set in modern times and is something that could happen in real life? | realistic fiction |
| #5 | Is a book that takes you back to historical events through time travel fiction or nonfiction? | fiction |
| The Text | ||
| #1 | If there is a glossary explaining words from a book is the book usually fiction or nonfiction? | nonfiction |
| #2 | What kinds of books can have chapters? Fiction or nonfiction | Both can have chapters. |
| #3 | What kind of book has a table of contents? | Both can have tables of contents. |
| #4 | What kinds of books are written to inform us and are organized by numbers? | nonfiction |
| #5 | What kinds of books are written to entertain us and are organized by author's last name? | fiction |
| Fiction vs Nonfiction | ||
| #1 | Would a fiction or nonfiction book be more likely to describe the setting? | fiction |
| #2 | Are there probably more conversations (dialogue) in a fiction or nonfiction book? | fiction |
| #3 | Does the author usually take you inside a character's head to know his thoughts in nonfiction? | Not usually |
| #4 | Would there be more facts or more feelings in a nonfiction book? | more facts |
| #5 | Is Mrs. Turner's book CIMARRON SUNRISE, about the OK Land Run, fiction or nonfiction? | fiction |
| Elements of Fiction books | ||
| #1 | What do you call the problem or events of a story? | plot |
| #2 | Fiction books have a lot of conversation. What is another word for conversations? | dialogue |
| #3 | What is the part of the story that tells you where and when the story took place? | setting |
| #4 | When you read a fiction story, would you probably read faster or slower than when you read nonfiction? | faster |
| #5 | The point of view means... | who is telling the story |
| Final Question | |