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Type of writing that involves real people, events, places, and ideas.
Nonfiction
100
Shows the relationship among events.
Cause-and-effect organization
100
Also known as "blogs"--are journals posted and frequently updated for an online audience.
Web logs
100
Tells the story of real-life experiences.
Narrative writing
100
What did Colin Powell suggest would bring America closer to perfection?
If we helped others.
200
A writer's distinct way of "speaking" in his or her writing.
Voice
200
Texts written to a specific person or organization.
Letters
200
Life story written by another person.
Biography
200
Addresses an experience and includes the writer's insights about the event's importance.
Reflective writing.
200
Of what crime is Anthony accused in "On Woman's Right to Suffrage"?
Attempting to vote
300
The way a writer chooses to arrange and present information in a single piece of nonfiction.
Organization
300
Contain personal thoughts and reflections.
Memoirs/Journals
300
Nonfiction works written for newspapers, magazines, television, or radio.
Media accounts
300
Presents facts and ideas, or explains a process.
Expository writing
300
What does MacNeil identify as the main problem with television?
It shortens our attention span and our ability to concentrate.
400
Writer's attitude toward his or her audience and subject.
Author's tone
400
Shows the ways in which two or more subjects are similar and different.
Comparison-and-contrast organization
400
The writer's account of his or her own life.
Autobiography
400
Meant to convince the reader to adopt a particular point of view or take a particular course of action.
Persuasive writing
400
Why has Mrs. Flowers remained for Angelou "the measure of what a human being can be"?
Few people measure up or show the good qualities Mrs. Flowers has shown Angelou.
500
Presents details in time order--from first to last--or sometimes last to first.
Chronological organization
500
Identifies a problem and then proposes a solution.
Problem-and-solution organization
500
Short nonfiction works about a particular subject.
Essays/Articles
500
What was Abraham Lincoln's toughest decision according to the story we read in class?
The decision to emancipate the slaves.
500
In Brown vs. Board of Education what was the Supreme Court's decision?
The segregation in schools was unconstitutional.
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