Nonfiction Unit

Nonfiction UnitNonfiction: prose writing that presents and explains ideas or tells about real people, places, ideas, or events; must be trueTypes of NonfictionArticleEssaySpeechAutobiographyBiographyInformational materialsArticleProvides information about a topic, a person, or an eventEssayExamines and discusses a focused topic, often including the writers personal viewpointsSpeechWritten to be read aloud; presents a topic and may persuade, inform, explain, or entertainAutobiographyWriter tells his or her own life storyBiographyWriter tells the life story of another person (written about famous and ordinary peopleTypes of EssaysNarrative essayDescriptive essayExpository essayPersuasive essayReflective essayHumorous essayNarrative essayTells a story of actual individuals life experiencesDescriptive essayCreates an impression about a person, an object, or an experience by presenting details of sight, sound, smell, touch, or tasteExpository essayProvides information, discussed ideas, or explains a processPersuasive essayAttempts to convince readers to take a specific course of action or adopt the writers viewpointReflective essayExpresses the writers thoughts and feelings in response to a personal experience or to an ideaHumorous essayIntended to make the reader laugh through ridicule of their subjects or through affection towards their subjectsLiterary TermsStyleTonePerspectiveBiasPurposeStyleParticular way in which a writer uses languageToneAuthors attitude toward both the subject and readers or listenersPerspectiveThe viewpoint or opinion an author expresses about the subject, either directly or indirectlyBiasOccurs when a writer makes a one-sided presentationPurposeThe authors reason for writing