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Fiction and Nonfiction

Fiction and Nonfiction. Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried Ms. Moore’s AP English Class. Characteristics of Fiction. Truth is subjective Author does not have to tell you whether something is true or not. Fact can fictionalized. Types of fiction: Short story Poetry Novels Plays.

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Fiction and Nonfiction

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  1. Fiction and Nonfiction Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried Ms. Moore’s AP English Class

  2. Characteristics of Fiction • Truth is subjective • Author does not have to tell you whether something is true or not. • Fact can fictionalized. • Types of fiction: • Short story • Poetry • Novels • Plays • Chronology l • Linear or nonlinear timeline • Turning points • Fictional Tools • Characters • Dialogue • Scenes • Theme, symbolism, imagery

  3. Characteristics of nonfiction • Chronology • Linear • Information within a text of nonfiction is fact-based. • Characters and events must conform to what is true. • Plot is not modified by the author’s imagination. • Perspective: the author takes a position on the subject of his work • Types of nonfiction: • Autobiography • Biography • Essay • Speech • Diary • Newspaper articles

  4. Where do they overlap in The Things They Carried? • What is truth? Does it have a place in storytelling when the story being told is drawn from personal experience? • Is Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried fiction, nonfiction, or a combination of the two? • Where do we see fiction characteristics? • Where do we see nonfiction characteristics?

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