Objective v. Subjective
Literary Terms
Name That Type!
Purpose
Nonfiction Characteristics
100
The news; history books; and encyclopedias.
What are OBJECTIVE writings?
100
The definition of a biography.
What is A STORY ABOUT A PERSON'S LIFE WRITTEN BY SOMEONE ELSE?
100
I was born on a warm sunny day in June in Sarasota, Florida. I still live there and go to school at Booker High School. I plan on finishing school and maybe going to a community college.
What is an example of an AUTOBIOGRAPHY?
100
To provide an unbiased account of accurate and up-to-date facts and other information to the reader.
What is the purpose of INFORMATIVE ARTICLES?
100
These have a professional diction, 3rd person pov, and often include headings, lists, and charts.
What are INFORMATIVE ARTICLES?
200
Rutland High School will play Perry High School for their homecoming game in 2011.
What is OBJECTIVE?
200
The definition of an interview.
What is WRITING BASED ON QUESTION/ANSWER SESSIONS BETWEEN A WRITER/PERSON USED TO GAIN RESEARCH.
200
Andre Rome was born in 1964 to Rose and Andre Sr. He lived in the New Orleans area all his life. It was no surprise that he decided to remain in the New Orleans area even after Hurricane Katrina.
What is an example of BIOGRAPHY?
200
These orally delivered works are often meant to inform, persuade, or entertain.
What are speeches?
200
This writing uses a "story telling" diction and a 1st person pov to tell the author's life from birth to present.
What is an AUTOBIOGRAPHY?
300
Playing a PlayStation3 is more fun than playing an X-box.
What is SUBJECTIVE?
300
The definition of nonfiction.
What is WRITING ABOUT REAL PEOPLE, PLACES, AND EVENTS?
300
Drew Brees leads the NFL with the highest quarterback rating. In his last game, he completed 20 passes of 24 attempts.
What is an example of an INFORMATIVE ARTICLE?
300
The purpose of an interview.
What is to obtain information from a perticular person for research purposes?
300
These essays can use informal diction and a subjective pov to express the writer's thoughts and feelings on a subject.
What are PERSONAL ESSAYS?
400
Poetry.
What is SUBJECTIVE?
400
The definition of an essay.
What is A RELATIVELY SHORT PIECE OF WRITING ABOUT A SINGLE SUBJECT?
400
Place the plastic dish in the microwave for 5 minutes.
What is an example of EXPOSITORY WRITING? *Directions tell someone how to do something. This requires a step by step factually based process.
400
The purpose of these two things are the same. The difference between them are their FOCUS.
What is an autobiography and a memoir?
400
The characteristics (at least 2) of an interview.
What are a conversation in which the writer asks questions of the subject using 1st person pov?
500
The Saints need to improve their special teams and eliminate errors in their defensive secondary; otherwise, they will not make the playoffs again this year.
What is SUBJECTIVE?
500
The definition of an exposition.
What is WRITING THAT EXPLAINS/INFORMS SOMETHING?
500
The years that Chairman Mao converted China to Communism were a trying time of life for Ji-Li. She would never have thought that she would have to choose between her family and the Communist Party.
What is an example of a MEMOIR? *This is about a particular time in Ji-Li's life - the takeover of China by the Communist Party.
500
To recreate a person, place, or event mostly through sensory language.
What is the purpose of a DESCRIPTIVE ESSAY?
500
These use a thesis and formal diction with a second person pov to present arguments and convince readers to adopt the author's viewpoint.
What are PERSUASIVE ESSAYS?