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2006-11-15 08:07:30 · 5 answers · asked by Amber h 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
real and unreal
Fiction (from the Latin fingere, "to form, create") is storytelling of imagined events and stands in contrast to non-fiction, which makes factual claims about reality.
A large part of the appeal fiction is its ability to evoke the entire spectrum of human emotions: to distract our minds, to give us hope in times of despair, to make us laugh, or to let us experience empathy without attachment. Fictional works—novels, short stories, fables, fairy tales, films, comics, interactive fiction, cartoons, video games, Anime—may be partly based on factual occurrences but always contain some imaginary content. The term is also often used synonymously with literature and more specifically fictional prose. In this sense, fiction refers only to novels or short stories and is often divided into two categories, popular fiction (e.g., science fiction or mystery fiction) and literary fiction (e.g., Marcel Proust or William Faulkner).
Non-fiction is an account or representation of a subject which is presented as fact. This presentation may be accurate or not; that is, it can give either a true or a false account of the subject in question. However, it is generally assumed that the authors of such accounts believe them to be truthful at the time of their composition. Non-fiction is one of the two main divisions in writing, particularly used in libraries, the other being fiction. However, non-fiction need not be written text necessarily, since pictures and film can also purport to present a factual account of a subject.
2006-11-15 08:16:58 · answer #1 · answered by c0mplicated_s0ul 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the "non" part. Fiction is a made up story. Nonfiction is anything except a made up story. Nonfiction can be a biography, a cook book, a history book.
2006-11-15 08:12:56 · answer #2 · answered by regerugged 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fiction is in keeping with unreal activities.... they're made up, truthfully. Fiction makes use of the mind's eye. Nonfiction is in keeping with actual activities (actuality). activities inclusive of international conflict II, Vietnam conflict, and Sept. 11, are actual activities... for this reason, they're nonfiction.
2016-10-15 14:26:55 · answer #3 · answered by helfinstine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fiction is make believe, nonfiction is real.
2006-11-15 08:12:04 · answer #4 · answered by RW 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a fictional story has events that have never occured
a non-fictional stories events have happened or are based on something that has happened
2006-11-15 08:33:48 · answer #5 · answered by Baby-Bop 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋