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Nonfiction Notes. Get ready to write!!. Newspaper articles. Magazine articles. Autobiographies. What is nonfiction , again?. Concerns REAL rather than imaginary subjects For example…. NARRATIVE Nonfiction. Tells a STORY. TYPES of Narrative Nonfiction:. Autobiography.
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Nonfiction Notes Get ready to write!!
Newspaper articles Magazine articles Autobiographies What isnonfiction, again? • Concerns REAL rather than imaginary subjects • For example…..
NARRATIVENonfiction Tells a STORY
Autobiography • A writer tells his or her OWN life story • first-person point of view (“I,” “me”)
Ex. A soldier writes a book about his experiences in a war Memoir • A writer focuses on ONE period of his or her own life • First-person point of view • Ex. Mrs. Smith writes a book about her childhood in Colorado
Biography • A writer tells someone else’s life story • Third-person point of view
Ex. Mrs. Smith writes a two-page essay about the time she went night-snorkeling Narrative ESSAY • A writer tells a TRUE story in a SHORT composition • First- OR third-person point of view
Informative Nonfiction • EXPLAINS a topic OR • Promotes an OPINION
TYPES of Informative Nonfiction…
Expository Essay • EXPLAINS a topic • Examples • A news report • Literary Analysis • Steps in a process (“How to make a sandwich”)
PersuasiveEssay • Promotes an opinion or a position • Examples: • An advice column • A newspaper editorial • A movie review