Unit 2: Introduction to Nonfiction

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  1. nonfiction
    prose writing that is not formed by the imagination
    Nonfiction is prose writing about real events.
  2. biography
    an account of the series of events making up a person's life
    A biography is the story of a person’s life written by someone else.
  3. autobiography
    a book or account of your own life
    An autobiography is the story of a person’s life written by that person.
  4. memoir
    an account of the author's personal experiences
    A memoir is a type of autobiography that focuses on one incident or period in a person’s life.
  5. essay
    an analytic or interpretive literary composition
    Another form of nonfiction, the essay, is a short work that presents a single main idea, or thesis, about a particular topic.
  6. speech
    a formal spoken communication to an audience
    A speech is a public address that was originally delivered orally.
  7. impromptu
    with little or no preparation or forethought
    Impromptu: a speech given without advance preparation
  8. memorize
    learn by heart
    Memorized: a speech that has been written out and memorized word for word
  9. extemporaneous
    with little or no preparation or forethought
    Extemporaneous: a speech in which the speaker refers to notes occasionally
  10. informational
    relating to or conveying facts and knowledge
    A form of nonfiction writing with which you are probably quite familiar is the informational text.
  11. article
    nonfictional prose forming a part of a publication
    An article is an informational piece of writing about a particular topic, issue, event, or series of events.
  12. editorial
    an article giving opinions or perspectives
    An editorial is a magazine or newspaper article that represents the opinions of the editors or publishers.
  13. web page
    a document connected to the World Wide Web and viewable by anyone connected to the internet who has a web browser
    Additional types of informational texts include web pages, electronic media, visual media, and advertisements.
  14. electronic
    carried out over a computer network
    Additional types of informational texts include web pages, electronic media, visual media, and advertisements.
  15. media
    systems of mass communications considered collectively
    Additional types of informational texts include web pages, electronic media, visual media, and advertisements.
  16. visual
    relating to or using sight
    Additional types of informational texts include web pages, electronic media, visual media, and advertisements.
  17. advertisement
    a public promotion of some product or service
    Additional types of informational texts include web pages, electronic media, visual media, and advertisements.
  18. purpose
    an anticipated outcome that guides your planned actions
    A writer’s purpose is his or her aim, or goal.
  19. informative
    serving to instruct or enlighten
    A speech may be informative, used to share new and useful information, or persuasive, used to convince or persuade the audience to believe something, do something, or change their ways.
  20. narrative
    consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story
    Short stories, biographies, legends, historical accounts, and myths are forms of narrative writing.
  21. descriptive
    serving to inform
    Descriptive writing should explain your idea in a clear way, yet use descriptive words and images.
  22. argumentative
    given to or characterized by a tendency to dispute
    For their part, readers of an argumentative essay should evaluate the evidence the writer provides.
Created on Mon Feb 22 15:24:02 EST 2021 (updated Wed Aug 25 09:12:03 EDT 2021)

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