Fiction is the name we use for stories that are make-believe, such as Harry Potter or Alice in the Wonderland. __41__ It can be so close to the truth that it seems as real as something that happened to you this morning. Or, fiction can be as fantastic as the most unbelievable fairy tale.
Not everything in a fictional story has to be made up. __42__ You, of course, are real, and the moon is real, and many of the things that you could describe, such as the stars, the wind, and the pull of gravity, would be real. __43__ It would be a trip you took in your imagination.
Nonfiction, on the other hand, is all about true things. __44__ Someone’s biography is nonfiction; so is your autobiography. So are articles in your local newspaper, and school reports on science. __45__ Imagine writing history about the 1989 San Francisco earthquake, or a report about a high school sports team. An old proverb says, “Truth is stranger than fiction.” Do you think that’s true?
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