| A | B |
|---|
| nonfiction | reports on real people, events, and ideas |
| fiction | narration of an imagined story |
| historical novels | fictional stories with real historical settings |
| biographies | narratives of a person's life that include everything from birth to death |
| setting | the time and place in which a story takes place |
| plot | progression of events in a work of fiction |
| characters | individuals who take part in the action |
| dialogue | conversation between or among characters |
| point of view | the perspective from which a story is told |
| novels | extended works of fiction that are usually organized into chapters |
| novellas | intermediate works of fiction that are longer than short stories |
| short stories | brief narratives with carefully limited action |
| tone | expresses an author's attitude toward the subject and the readers |
| perspective | author's point of view on the subject including opinions and source of information |
| purposes of Nonfiction | to persuade, to inform, to entertain, to describe |
