Forms
Types of writing
Elements of Nonfiction Writing
Terms
What type of essay?
100
A written communication from one person to another.
What are letters?
100
Presents facts, discusses ideas, or explains a process.
What is Expository writing?
100
Presents details in time order, from first to last--or sometimes from last to first.
What is Chronological organization?
100
Writing about real people, places, ideas and experiences.
What is Nonfiction?
100
"I Am a Native of North America"
What is a reflective essay?
200
A daily or periodic account of events and the writer's thoughts or feelings about those events
What is a journal?
200
Is meant to convince the reader to adopt a particular point of view or to take a particular course of action.
What is Persuasive writing?
200
Shows the relationship among events.
What is Cause-and-effect organization?
200
Short nonfiction works about a particular subject.
What are essays and articles?
200
"Life without Gravity"
What is an Expository Essay?
300
Writer tells the life story of another person
What is a biography?
300
Addresses an event or experience and includes the writer's insights about the event's importance.
What is Reflective writing?
300
Shows the ways in which two or more subjects are similar and different.
What is Comparison-and-contrast organization?
300
Well-written essays and articles that present information clearly and logically.
What is Organization?
300
from "In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens" In this essay, Alice Walker shares her memories of her mother.
What is reflective autobiography?
400
A story of the writer's own life, told by the writer
What is an autobiography?
400
Is meant to entertain and evoke laughter.
What is Humorous writing?
400
Identifies a problem and then proposes a solution.
What is Problem-and-solution organization?
400
The information presented in essays and articles is related to the author's reason for writing.
What is Author's Purpose?
400
"How to Recognize Venomous Snakes in North America"
What is an Expository essay?
500
Reports, explanations, opinions, or descriptions written for television, internet,radio, newspaper, and magazine
What are media accounts?
500
Tells about real-life experiences.
What is Narrative writing?
500
Introductory paragraph, three body paragraphs and a conclusion paragraph.
What is five paragraph organization?
500
A medium-sized prose discussion of a topic that sometimes tells you as much about the writer as it does about the topic.
What is an essay?
500
"Yao Ming: NBA Giant is Big In U.S., Bigger in China" by Brian Handwerk
What is a biography?
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