Answer to Question #323478 in English for RICK

Question

In no more than four paragraphs, explain the difference between non-fiction and fiction books for children. Focus specifically on the differences between how each type is illustrated, designed and written. You do NOT need to include examples from any books. (Marks: 20)

Answer 1

Fiction is fabricated and based on the author’s imagination. Short stories, novels, myths, legends, and fairy tales are all considered fiction. While settings, plot points, and characters in fiction are sometimes based on real-life events or people, writers use such things as jumping off points for their stories. Additionally, science fiction and fantasy books placed in imaginary worlds often take inspiration from the real world.Fiction often uses specific narrative techniques to heighten its impact.Salvatore says that some examples of these components are:

“The use of rich, evocative sensory detail; the different pacing tempos of dramatic and non-dramatic events; the juxtaposition of summarized narrative and dramatized scenes; the temporary delay and withholding of story information, to heighten suspense and complicate plot; the use of different points of view to narrate, including stark objective effacement and deep subjective interiority; and the stylized use of language to narrate events and render human consciousness.”

Nonfiction, by contrast, is factual and reports on true events. Histories, biographies, journalism, and essays are all considered nonfiction. Usually, nonfiction has a higher standard to uphold than fiction. A few smatterings of fact in a work of fiction does not make it true, while a few fabrications in a nonfiction work can force that story to lose all credibility.

However, nonfiction often uses many of the techniques of fiction to make it more appealing.