Non-Fiction Terms

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Non-Fiction Terms
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Autobiography

• A writers account of his or her own life, and is
  almost always in 1st person.
• Shorter versions include journals, diaries, and
  letters.
• An autobiographical essay focuses on a single
  person or event in the writers life.

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Biography

• Account of a persons life written by another
  person.

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Memoir

• Form of autobiographical writing in which a
  writer focuses on his or her involvement with
  noted people, significant events, or both.

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Essay

• Brief work of non-fiction that deals with a
  single subject.

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Personal Essay

• Expresses a writers thoughts, feelings and
  opinions o a subject.