Nonfiction Notes

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Nonfiction Notes
Get ready to write!!
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What is nonfiction, again?

• Concerns REAL rather than imaginary subjects
• For example..

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NARRATIVE Nonfiction

• Tells a STORY

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TYPES of Narrative Nonfiction
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Autobiography

• A writer tells his or her OWN life story
• first-person point of view (I, me)

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Memoir

• A writer focuses on ONE period of his or her own
  life
• First-person point of view
• Ex. Mrs. Smith writes a book about her childhood
  in Colorado

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Biography

• A writer tells someone elses life story
• Third-person point of view

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Narrative ESSAY

• A writer tells a TRUE story in a SHORT
  composition
• First- OR third-person point of view

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Informative Nonfiction

• EXPLAINS a topic
• OR
• Promotes an OPINION

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TYPES of

• Informative Nonfiction

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Expository Essay

• EXPLAINS a topic
• Examples
• A news report
• Literary Analysis
• Steps in a process (How to make a sandwich)

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Persuasive Essay

• Promotes an opinion or a position

• Examples
• An advice column
• A newspaper editorial
• A movie review