Grade 8: Introduction to Nonfiction and Media

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  1. autobiography
    a book or account of your own life
  2. biography
    an account of the series of events making up a person's life
  3. essay
    an analytic or interpretive literary composition
  4. formal
    in accord with established conventions and requirements
  5. informal
    having the simple or familiar structure of everyday language
  6. speech
    a formal spoken communication to an audience
  7. news
    information about recent and important events
  8. feature
    a special or prominent piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine
  9. article
    nonfictional prose forming a part of a publication
  10. functional
    designed for or capable of a particular use
  11. document
    writing that provides information
  12. purpose
    an anticipated outcome that guides your planned actions
  13. argument
    an assertion offered as evidence that something is true
  14. persuasion
    communication intended to induce belief or action
  15. media
    systems of mass communications considered collectively
  16. literate
    knowledgeable and educated in one or several fields
  17. feature film
    the main full-length movie shown in a theater
  18. TV show
    a program broadcast by television
  19. advertising
    a public promotion of some product or service
  20. website
    a set of pages on the internet organized as a single unit
  21. medium
    a means or instrumentality for communicating information
  22. message
    what a communication that is about something is about
  23. target
    the goal intended to be attained
  24. audience
    the part of the general public interested in something
Created on Mon May 17 15:41:39 EDT 2021 (updated Wed May 19 12:57:26 EDT 2021)

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