NONFICTION Is prose that deals with real events and people, not with imagined events and imagined...

NONFICTION

Is prose that deals with real events and people, not with imagined events and imagined people.

Some of the most popular types of nonfiction include…

• Biography• Autobiography• Essays• Articles• Journals

Nonfiction relies on all major forms of discourse:

• Descriptive• Narrative• Expository• Persuasive

TONE

• Is very important in nonfiction.• Is the author’s attitude toward his/her subject.• Can be viewed as– Objective– subjective

OBJECTIVE

• Does not allow emotions or opinions to color the writing.– Hard news articles– Reference materials– Biography (most of the time)

SUBJECTIVE

• Does include emotions and opinions.• Autobiography• Memoirs• Letters to the editor• Essays (specific types)

E. L. Doctorow said,

• “There is no more fiction or nonfiction—only narrative.”

• What do you think he means by this?• Can you think of examples of this type of

writing?

What does he mean?

• Fiction and nonfiction are blending together.• Nonfiction writers are using techniques of

fiction- suspense, careful plotting, and characterization, among other literary devices.

• Fiction writers are collecting data as an investigative reporter would to write novels and stories.

Some new terms:

• Creative Nonfiction• Literary Journalism• Journalistic Fiction

• Look at your IR books. Do any of them fit one of these categories?