Fiction

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Fiction generally is a narrative form, in any medium, consisting of people, events, or places that are imaginary—in other words, not based strictly on history or fact. It also commonly refers, more narrowly, to written narratives in prose and often specifically novels. In film, it generally corresponds to narrative film in opposition to documentary.

In its most narrow usage, fiction refers to novels, but it may also denote any literary narrative including novels, novellas, and short stories. More broadly, fiction has come to encompass storytelling with imaginary elements in any format, including writings, audio recordings, live theatrical performances, comics, animated or live-action films, television programs, games (most notably, role-playing and video games), and so on.

A work of fiction implies the inventive construction of an imaginary world and, most commonly, its fictionality is publicly acknowledged, so its audience typically expects it to deviate in some ways from the real world rather than presenting only characters who are actual people or descriptions that are factually true. Fiction is generally understood as not adhering precisely to the real world, which also opens it up to various interpretations. Characters and events within a fictional work may even be set in their own context entirely separate from the known universe: an independent fictional universe.

In contrast to fiction is its traditional opposite: non-fiction, in which the creator assumes responsibility for presenting only the historical and factual truth. Despite the usual distinction between fiction and non-fiction, some fiction creators certainly attempt to make their audience believe the work is non-fiction or otherwise blur the boundary, often through forms of experimental fiction (including some postmodern fiction and autofiction) or even through deliberate literary fraud.
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  1. Which is an example of a prose writing?
  2. Fiction entails imaginary elements? Which word does not connote imagination?
  3. What is one of the challenges of a fiction writer?
  4. Which is Not a characteristic of a work of fiction?
  5. How are novels different from novellas?
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  1. Do you prefer fiction or non-fiction works? Elaborate your choice.
  2. Who among the fiction writers do you admire? How about non-fiction writers?
  3. What are your favorite books? Why do you like them?
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