Nonfiction

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Nonfiction

• Take notes throughout the presentation!

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What is nonfiction?

• Nonfiction is writing that is about real people,
  places, and events.

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Key Forms of Nonfiction

• Biography
• Autobiography
• Essay
• Informative article
• Interview

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What is a biography?

• A biography is the story of a persons life, told
  by someone else.

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More about biographies.

• A biography is usually written in the
  third-person-point of view, using pronouns such
  as she, he, her, and him.

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More about biographies

• Whenever possible, the writer, or biographer,
  gets information by conducting interviews with
  people who have known the subject.

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More about biographies

• Biographies contain some of the same elements as
  fiction, such as character and setting. Unlike
  fiction, the purpose of a biography is to present
  an accurate account of the subjects life.

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What is an autobiography?

• An autobiography is the story of a persons life,
  told by that person.

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More about autobiographies

• Autobiographies are almost always written in the
  first-person point of view using pronouns like I
  and me.

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More about autobiographies

• Autobiographies are usually book length because
  they cover a long period in the writers life.
• Shorter types of autobiographical writing include
  journals, diaries, letters, and memoirs.

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What is an essay?

• An essay is a short work of nonfiction that deals
  with one subject.

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More about essays

• The purpose of the essay might be to express an
  opinion, to entertain or persuade the reader, or
  to describe an incident that has special
  significance for the writer.

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More about essays

• Three common types of essays are
• Expository (formal)
• Personal (informal)
• Persuasive

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Informative article

• Informative articles provide facts about a
  subject. Newspaper and magazine articles and
  feature stories are examples of informative
  nonfiction.

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Interviews

• An interview is a conversation in which one
  person asks questions of another person to get
  information.

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Nonfiction

• Try to include nonfiction reading into your AR
  reading!