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Ghosts of War By: Ryan Smithson. Andrew Wells. What is it?: It is about a soldier in the Iraq War, writes about his experiences. Attribute: The author is the main character. Attribute: All events and thoughts are true. . Title: Ghosts of War Genre: Narrative Non-Fiction. Attribute:.
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Ghosts of WarBy: Ryan Smithson Andrew Wells
What is it?: It is about a soldier in the Iraq War, writes about his experiences. Attribute: The author is the main character. Attribute: All events and thoughts are true. Title: Ghosts of War Genre: Narrative Non-Fiction Attribute: Example: Example: Example:
Attribute: All events and thoughts are true. Beginning: “A friend of mine came into the cafeteria and sat down next to me. “You hear?” he asked. “What?” “A plane just crashed into the World Trade Center”. “That sucks,” I said. Middle: “In a lot of ways it’s our humor that lets us live. Even if it’s temporary just for a day, it’s survival. We have to rise above death. We have to laugh in its face.” End:
Is Ghosts of War a good example of a narrative non-fiction? • Ghosts of War is a book of real events that happened in Ryan Smithson’s life. He was a soldier in Iraq and every event in the book is true and all of Smithson’s thoughts are true, making the book a good example of narrative non-fiction.