NONFICTION

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NONFICTION

• What is it?
• What is the purpose of it?
• How do we read it?

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Genre

• A type of literature
• Examples
• Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, mystery, fantasy,
  science fiction, biography, myth, legend,
  autobiography, historical fiction

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Nonfiction

• Writing that deals with real people, things,
  events, and places
• Examples
• Biography, autobiography, essay, newspaper story,
  magazine article, historical account, scientific
  report, diary, letter

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Autobiography

• An account by a writer of his or her own life.
• Autobiographies should be honest.
• Facts may be distorted or misremembered.
• Discuss unreliability of memory

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Biography

• An account of a persons life written or told by
  another person.
• The best biographies are well-researched and
  objective.

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Essay

• Short piece of nonfiction that examines a single
  subject from a limited point of view.
• Personal usually subjective reveals information
  about a writers personality and feelings.
• Formal usually serious, objective, and
  impersonal in tone. Formal essays are usually
  written to inform or persuade.

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Historical Account

• A description of an event that happened in the
  past.

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Eyewitness Account

• The story of an event told by someone who was
  actually there to see it happen.