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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. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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NonfictionLiterary Elements
Forms of nonfiction
• Biography• Autobiography• Memoir• Essay• Speech• Informational text
Biography
• Story of a person’s life told by someone other than the person it is written about
Autobiography
• The story of a person’s life, written by that person
Memoir
• 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.
Essay
• A short work that presents a single main idea, or THESIS, about a particular topic
• Narrative, expository, descriptive, or persuasive
Speech
• A public address that was originally delivered orally• Many historical speeches were recorded in writing and
are widely read today.
Informational Text
• Aims to convey or explain information
Author’s purpose
• When writing nonfiction, the author always has a goal.1. Expository – inform – news or research2. Narrative – express - memoir3. Descriptive – portray – travel brochure, personal
account4. Persuasive – convince – editorial, petition
Allusion
• A reference to a well-known person, event, object, or work from history.
Argument
• an address or composition intended to convince or persuade; persuasive discourse.
Bias
• A personal judgment about something
Coherence
• The logical arrangement and progression of ideas
Colloquialism
• a word or phrase appropriate to conversation and other informal situations
Euphemism
• substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt
• Ex – pass away instead of died
Parallelism
• A comparison – providing equal details and in a similar manner.
Thesis
• The main idea that is supported in a work of nonfiction
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