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Nonfiction

Nonfiction. Literary Elements. Biography Autobiography Memoir Essay Speech Informational text. Forms of nonfiction. Story of a person’s life told by someone other than the person it is written about. Biography. The story of a person’s life, written by that person. Autobiography.

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Nonfiction

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  1. Nonfiction Literary Elements

  2. Biography • Autobiography • Memoir • Essay • Speech • Informational text Forms of nonfiction

  3. Story of a person’s life told by someone other than the person it is written about Biography

  4. The story of a person’s life, written by that person Autobiography

  5. Type of autobiography that focuses on one incident or period in a person’s life. • Usually based of that individual’s memories of, and reactions to, historical events. Memoir

  6. A short work that presents a single main idea, or THESIS, about a particular topic • Narrative, expository, descriptive, or persuasive Essay

  7. A public address that was originally delivered orally • Many historical speeches were recorded in writing and are widely read today. Speech

  8. Aims to convey or explain information Informational Text

  9. When writing nonfiction, the author always has a goal. • Expository – inform – news or research • Narrative – express - memoir • Descriptive – portray – travel brochure, personal account • Persuasive – convince – editorial, petition Author’s purpose

  10. A reference to a well-known person, event, object, or work from history. Allusion

  11. anaddressor composition intendedto convince or persuade;persuasivediscourse. Argument

  12. A personal judgment about something Bias

  13. The logical arrangement and progression of ideas Coherence

  14. awordorphrase appropriate to conversation and other informalsituations Colloquialism

  15. substitution of a mild, indirect, or vagueexpression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt • Ex – pass away instead of died Euphemism

  16. A comparison – providing equal details and in a similar manner. Parallelism

  17. The main idea that is supported in a work of nonfiction Thesis

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