Nonfiction Flood Stories

Floodwaters in Indiana, 2008

Reading nonfiction is much different from reading fiction. Nonfiction is the story of real people, places, and events. No matter what type of nonfiction you are reading, you can be assured that someone actually encountered the events you are reading about. In this topic, you learned some important strategies when analyzing nonfiction flood stories. The floods you learned about affected real people, caused real damage, and altered many people's lives. However, once the flood waters receeded there was rebirth, but the areas affected were forever changed.