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Nonfiction. Literary Elements. Biography Autobiography Memoir Essay Speech Informational text. Forms of nonfiction. Story of a person’s life told by someone other than the person it is written about. Biography. The story of a person’s life, written by that person. Autobiography.
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Nonfiction Literary Elements
Biography • Autobiography • Memoir • Essay • Speech • Informational text Forms of nonfiction
Story of a person’s life told by someone other than the person it is written about Biography
The story of a person’s life, written by that person Autobiography
Type of autobiography that focuses on one incident or period in a person’s life. • Usually based of that individual’s memories of, and reactions to, historical events. Memoir
A short work that presents a single main idea, or THESIS, about a particular topic • Narrative, expository, descriptive, or persuasive Essay
A public address that was originally delivered orally • Many historical speeches were recorded in writing and are widely read today. Speech
Aims to convey or explain information Informational Text
When writing nonfiction, the author always has a goal. • Expository – inform – news or research • Narrative – express - memoir • Descriptive – portray – travel brochure, personal account • Persuasive – convince – editorial, petition Author’s purpose
A reference to a well-known person, event, object, or work from history. Allusion
anaddressor composition intendedto convince or persuade;persuasivediscourse. Argument
awordorphrase appropriate to conversation and other informalsituations Colloquialism
substitution of a mild, indirect, or vagueexpression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt • Ex – pass away instead of died Euphemism
A comparison – providing equal details and in a similar manner. Parallelism
The main idea that is supported in a work of nonfiction Thesis