Non-Fiction
The Real
Thing!
Fiction is “fake”
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Several genres of fiction:
Short stories
Poetry
Folk literature
Dramatic literature
Novels/novellas
Nonfiction is real
• Nonfiction is prose writing that presents and
explains ideas or that tells about real people
and events.
– Prose simply means the ordinary form of written
language—in other words, not poetry, song, or
drama.
• Nonfiction is based primarily on facts.
There are five main
purposes of nonfiction:
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Entertain
Inform
Reflect
Describe
Persuade
Forms of
Nonfiction
Autobiography:
A story of a
person’s life
written by that
person.
Autobiography – Auto – bio - graphy
– Root word Auto means same or self
– Root word bi- or bio- [from Greek bios way of life]
Life, living organisms
– Root word graphos — Written.
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Nonfiction
Writer tells his own story
Could be whole life or a part of it
Purpose could be to explain values, teach lessons, entertain or
amuse, or any combination
Biography:
A story of a
person’s life
written by a
different person.
Biography – Bio - graphy
– Root word bi- or bio- [from Greek bios way of life]
Life, living organisms
– Root word graphos — Written.
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Nonfiction
Tells life story of another person
Could be historical or contemporary person.
Famous or unknown
Often emphasizes the cause and effects of subject’s actions
Essays are short nonfiction works about
a particular subject. They can be:
• Narrative, to tell a true story
• Expository, to give information, discuss ideas,
or explain a process
• Persuasive, to try to convince the reader to do
something or accept the writer’s point of view
• Reflective, to show the writer’s reflections or
thoughts on a topic of personal importance.
Essays can also be:
• Descriptive, showing how something looks,
feels, tastes, smells or sounds
• Visual, combining text with photographs,
art, illustrations, charts or diagrams to
communicate ideas or a message
Informational texts provide knowledge to guide
and inform the reader. They are written in
objective language using elaboration and
support to clarify main ideas.
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Newspapers
Magazines
Web sites
Instruction manuals
Textbooks
How-to books
Speeches
• A speech is a talk or an address presented to
an audience.
• Types of speeches
– Persuasive: A persuasive speech has one
purpose, to convince listeners to accept a
particular point of view, or move them to action.
– Informative: Speeches to inform are intended to
share new ideas and build perceptions.
Speeches Continued
• Types of speeches continued
– Extemporaneous - Ex - Temporeaneous
• Root word Ex - out/away from,
• Root word tempore - time.
• This type of speech allows for a very
limited amount of preparation and
performance without a text.
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