Non-fiction Notes
· Nonfiction is a type of writing that deals ______
o Includes things like:
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· Contains ______, but the author can select and organize the information to ______.
· Autobiography
o The story of a person’s life ______
o Written in first person point of view, using pronouns such as ______.
o Usually ______because it covers a long period of the writer’s life.
o Shorter autobiographical works include things like ______
o Purpose can be to ______
· Biography
o Story of a person’s life as told by ______.
o Written in ______point of view.
o Biographer (the writer) gets information by conducting ______, reading ______, diaries, and documents
o Contain many of the same elements as ______(setting, characters)
o The purpose is to present an ______of a subject’s life.
· Essay
o A short piece of writing on a ______.
o Found in ______and magazines.
o Purpose can be to share an opinion, to entertain, to persuade, or to simply describe a topic or incident that has ______.
o Three common kinds of essays are ______, personal (narrative), and ______.
o Formal essays have a ______, while informal essays tend to have a ______.
· Informative Article
o Provides ______about a subject
o Examples include newspaper and magazine articles and ______
o Can also include textbooks, ______, history books, gardening books, and ______
· Interview
o A ______in which one person asks questions of another for the purpose of obtaining information.
o The interviewer takes notes, tape-records, or films the conversation in order ______
· Reading Nonfiction
o Nonfiction writing connects us to a world of information by ______
o Use the following reading strategies to help you enjoy and understand different types of nonfiction.
o ______
§ Look at titles and subtitles, pictures, diagrams, and any terms in bold or italic type.
§ Stop occasionally to predict what will come next.
o ______
§ Look for ______and signal ______that signal the sequence of events
o Determine if the selection is organized ______
o Summarize ______
§ Pay special attention to first and last sentences in paragraphs.
§ Look for ______.
o Separate Facts and Opinions
§ Facts= ______
§ Opinions= statements that ______and simply express a person’s beliefs
o Be aware that nonfiction writers sometimes ______
o Evaluate What You Read
o Form your own opinions about ______
o Determine the writer’s purpose.
§ To ______
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