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Styles, Terms, and Selections Nonfiction Styles, Terms, and Selections

Styles There are 4 different kinds of Nonfiction writing: Descriptive Persuasive Expository Narrative

Descriptive Type of writing intended to create a mood or an emotion or to re-create a person, a place, a thing, an event, or an experience.

Description, cont. Fiction It uses images that appeal to the senses, helping us imagine how a subject looks, sounds, smells, tastes, or feels. It is used in: Nonfiction Drama Poetry

Persuasive REASON Type of writing designed to change the way a reader or listener thinks or acts. It uses language that appeals to: Emotion Both

Persuasion, Cont. Persuasive writing can be found in: Speeches Articles Advertisements Newspaper Editorials Essays

Expository Ex: A magazine article on nutrition. Type of writing that explains, gives information, or clarifies an idea. Exposition is generally objective and formal in tone

Narrative Auto Biographies Diary Type of writing that tells about a series of related events. Narration can be: Nonfiction Essays Drama Fiction Poetry Long Memory Short

Literary Elements in Nonfiction There are several important literary elements you need to know when reading nonfiction.

Autobiography Auto—”self” Bio—”life” Graph—”writing” Biography is the story of your life, written by SOME ONE ELSE! Autobiography Auto—”self” Bio—”life” Graph—”writing” Autobiography is the story of your life, written by YOU What’s the difference between biography and AUTObiography?

Rambling Autobiography An autobiography that jumps from topic to topic without a specific point or purpose Tells a story by using a lot of random details, but no substance Ex: An instant message conversation; a friend telling a story with no point…you find yourself tuning them out

Irony: 3 Kinds Situational Dramatic Expect something to happen, but the opposite does Dramatic Audience knows something the character doesn’t

Irony, cont. Verbal When you say something, but mean the opposite Sarcasm is one step further—being mean with verbal irony

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