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Types of Non Fiction
Purposes of Non Fiction
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-Includes detailed information about a specific topic

-Information is organized into categories and subcategories

What is Reference Fiction?
100
Tells a story that entertains readers and simultaneously presents factual information to inform readers and expand their knowledge.
What is a Narrative?
100
Includes details to help you picture or get to know a person, place or thing, or an idea.
What is Description or List?
100
Vivid examples, details and images used to get attention
What is the Pathos and Logos?
100
A personal story
What is an Anecdote?
200
-Is a narrative told in 1st person

-Includes recollections of writer's thought and feelings

-May take us inside the writer's thoughts and opinions

-Can be heartwarming and sincere

What is a Memoir?
200
To convey a specific message to the audience as designed by the speaker
What is a Speech?
200
Describes events in the order in which they happen (also called chronological order)
What is Sequence of Events?
200
A sharp, caustic remark
What is Sarcasm?
200
Using the same word or phrase over and over
What is Repetition?
300
-Invites reader into the story

-Uses vivid details to tell "true" story

-A hybrid of fiction and non fiction

What is a Narrative?
300
-Teaches us about a person, usually to convey the writer's viewpoint on why the reader should know about the subject
What is a biography?
300
Explains why something happened and what happened as a result
What are Cause and Effect?
300
Repeating the same word or phrase at the beginning of a sentence
What is Anaphora?
300
Placing 2 words or phrase together to create an effect
What is a Juxtaposition?
400
-Given for a specific audience and purpose

-Delivered verbally

-Has organizational structure

What is a speech?
400
Provides in depth information about a specific topic/subject.
What is Reference Non Fiction?
400
Presents the similarities and/or differences between two items, such as a pair of events, time periods, ideas, or places
What is Compare and Contrast?
400
Metaphors, similes, personification, etc
What is Figurative Language?
400
A short statement or proverb, wise saying that makes a point
What is Aphorism?
500
-A narrative account of all or part of someone's life writen by another person

-Often written about someone famous

-Includes details about the person or important parts of their life

What is a bibliography?
500
What the writer wants to convey- to entertain or share information or insights from the writer's experience.
What is a Memoir?
500
Presents a problem and explains how it is solved.
What is Problem and Solution?
500
Clear description of action, place, person.
What is Specific Detail?
500
Sentence fragments, choppy sentences
What is Unusual Sentence Structures?