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^eac// Compare Fact
and Fiction
► Vocabulary Made-up stories are
fiction fiction. Nonfiction books
nonfiction tell facts. A fact is
fact something true.
Learn the Skill
Step 1 Read the title of this
book. It is a biography.
Biographies are books
about real people.
Step 2 Look at the words and
Finally, on September 12, 1992,
pictures. The words tell Mae’s dream of flying into space came
true. For eight days, the crew of the
facts about Mae Endeavour circled the Earth. Mae ran
scientific and medical experiments
Jemison. The pictures about bones, weightlessness, and
motion sickness. All her years of study
had finally paid off. 15
show real women.
Step 3 Decide if this book is fiction or nonfiction.
What makes you think so?
• Unit 5
