NonFiction

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Non-Fiction

• Knicely
• English 6
• Week of November 30th

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Meet the Author

• What influences helped Zlata Filipovic decide to
  keep a diary? Why do you think it is a good idea
  to write daily in a journal or diary?
• How did the content of Zlatas diary change over
  time? What do you think you could learn by
  reading a diary written during wartime?

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Talk About the Forms

• What are ways that you learn about the things you
  like? (Write a few down in your notes)
• Non-Fictions is about real people and events.
• Articles short and can be found in newspaper,
  magazines, and encyclopedia. (mostly facts)
• Essays longer, more personal, more feelings.

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Passion is Important as research

• Purpose of nonfiction inform, explain,
  entertain, or persuade.
• Types of essays movie reviews, editorials,
  sports columns, video game review.
• What does Zlata say the difference is between
  articles and essays?
• Articles information and explanation
• Essays personality, emotions, detial.

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Types of Non-Fiction

• Organization
• Chronological order (Load a video game)
• Cause and Effect (How pollution hurts the earth)
• Compare and Contrast (Superman / Batman)
• Authors Purpose
• Entertain
• Inform
• Persuade

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Types of Non-Fiction

• Types of Writings
• Letters, Journals, and Diaries
• Biographies / Autobiographies
• Media TV, Newspapers, Magazines
• Essays and articles
• Historical
• Persuasive
• Descriptive
• Narrative
• Visual
• Reflective

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Practice

• Which pattern of organization would be best for
  an article that explains why thunder booms
  happen?
• Chronological b. Cause and Effect
• Which pattern of organization would best for
  showing the difference between parrots and
  parakeets?
• a. Cause and Effect b. Compare and Contrast

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Practice

• What purpose would an author have for writing a
  funny article about his dog?
• Persuade b. Entertain c. Inform
• Which type of nonfiction would be most likely to
  contain personal thoughts and reflections?
• a. Diary b. Biography c. Reference book.

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Intro to the Diary

• Read page 350.
• What one thing stood out to you in these 3
  sections and why?