Name: ______________________________
Fiction vs. Nonfiction Sort
FICTION
NONFICTION
Directions: Cut the characteristics & examples into strips for students to sort.
Fiction / Nonfiction Sort Characteristic & Example Strips:
Gives information about a topic
Has a setting and characters
Author’s purpose is to inform
Author’s purpose is to entertain
Has plot and conflict
Is more factual
Real life
A story about aliens and robots
Read to learn
News article
Read to enjoy
Not real
Autobiography
Science textbook
Fairy tale
Book series like Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Fiction vs. Nonfiction Sort Answer Key
Fiction:
 Has a setting and characters
 Author’s purpose is to entertain
 Has plot and conflict
 Read to enjoy
 Not real
 Fairy tale
 A story about aliens and robots
 Book series like Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Nonfiction:
 Gives information about a topic
 Author’s purpose is to inform
 Is more factual
 Real life
 Read to learn
 News article
 Autobiography
 Science textbook