Fiction and Nonfiction

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Jeopardy

• Fiction and Nonfiction
• The 1159 and The Baker Heater League

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The Baker Heater League
Fiction
Nonfiction
The 1159
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The time and place of a storys action

To what does the term setting refer?

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the authors point of view
From whose point of view is a work of nonfiction
told?

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When a porter hears the 1159s whistle, he has
24 hours until his death.
What is the legend of the 1159

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It is nonfiction. It informs the reader about the
story telling tradition of train porters.
Is the Baker Heater League fiction or
nonfiction? How do you know?

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B.) Conflict

Which of the following are part of a storys
plot? A.) Setting B.) Conflict C.) Narrator D.)
Point of View

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textbook, recipe, article, dictionary, atlas, map
List four examples of nonfiction.

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Lester hears the whistle of the 1159 and he
tries to stop death from taking him.
What is the main conflict of The 1159?

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A group of train porters who told stories around
a Baker Heater.
What is the Baker Heater League?

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novels, short stories, poetry, novellas
What are three types of fiction?

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the central idea
In nonfiction, the reader is not expected to
identify a theme instead the reader is expected
to identify what?

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He was a railroad porter. He spends time talking
to young porters and playing cards with them.
What was Lesters job? How does he spend his time
now that he is retired?

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He was said to be able to walk flat-footed down
the center isle of the train and let down berths.
He also fended off attacks by Native Americans
and Billy the Kid.
What was so special about Daddy Joe?

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Readers must use inference.

Writers of fiction do not directly state the
theme in their work. How does the reader learn
the theme of a work of fiction?

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the first paragraph
Sometimes the reader can identify the central
idea. Where is the central idea most often
located?

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third person
From what point of view is The 1159 told?

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Casey Jones, John Henry, Pecos Bill, Daddy Joe.
Who were some of the heroes described in the
Baker Heater League? Be sure to include the
heroic train porter.

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to entertain
What is the authors purpose for writing fiction?

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entertain, inform, persuade
Writers of nonfiction can have three different
purposes for writing. What are three ?

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No one can escape death.
What is the theme of the 1159?

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Porters shared their common experiences through
storytelling their own folklore to express
their shared culture.
What is the central idea of the Baker Heater
League?

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