Maybe you’re an avid reader or are just trying to survive your English class. Either way, you’ve likely come across the term “fiction” before. But do you really know what it means and how to tell it apart from “nonfiction?” Fiction is a type of story that’s all or partially imaginary or made-up; meanwhile, nonfiction works convey facts and the truth about real events and people. In this article, we’ll break down the fiction literary genre and how it compares to its nonfiction counterpart.
Is fiction real or fake?
Fiction is literature that’s all or partially fake or made up. While real-life events and people may inspire the overall story or characters, what happens in the story isn’t factual to what happened in real life. Nonfiction, on the other hand, is literature that’s entirely true and factual.
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- ↑ https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Literature_and_Literacy/Writing_and_Critical_Thinking_Through_Literature_(Ringo_and_Kashyap)/04%3A_About_Fiction_-_Short_Stories_and_the_Novel/4.01%3A_What_is_Fiction
- ↑ https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-fiction-definition-types.html
- ↑ https://hbr.org/2020/03/the-case-for-reading-fiction
- ↑ https://blog.reedsy.com/guide/literary-fiction/
- ↑ https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/science-fiction
- ↑ https://www.britannica.com/art/fantasy-narrative-genre
- ↑ https://www.rwa.org/Online/Romance_Genre/About_Romance_Genre.aspx
- ↑ https://writers.com/what-is-historical-fiction
- ↑ https://blog.reedsy.com/guide/plot/#what_is_plot_
- ↑ https://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/wlf/what-setting
- ↑ https://literary-devices.com/theme/
- ↑ https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-nonfiction-definition-examples.html
- ↑ https://www.ascd.org/el/articles/nonfiction-reading-promotes-student-success
- ↑ https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-fiction-definition-types.html