Nonfiction and Autobiographical Fiction Review
What is a transcript?
A word for word writing of a conversation where one person asks questions and another person answers them.
What is a biography?
A writer's account of another person's life. The subject of the biography is usually well-known, famous, or maybe even infamous. The general idea is for the story to be a balanced (neither too positive or too negative) look at that person's entire life.
What is an essay?
An essay is a short piece of writing on a single subject.
What are the two types of essays?
Formal (meaning they are tightly structured and have an impersonal style) and informal (they are looser and show more personal style).
What are the common elements of autobiographical fiction?
It is written in the first person using the pronouns me and I. It draws upon real elements or episodes from the author's life. It often emphasizes emotional qualities. The point of view is from someone reflecting on the past.
What was the real name of "Friend" from "A Christmas Memory"?
Sook Faulk
What is an autobiography?
When someone writes about personal experiences from their own entire life. Sometimes the person will just focus on one event or experience from his/her life, and when that happens it is a personal narrative or memoir.
What is an interview?
a conversation in which one person asks questions to another person to obtain information.
What is autobiographical fiction?
a story that is based on real experiences, but maybe some of the names or facts have changed.
What is a personal essay?
an essay that expresses the writer's thoughts and feelings about a topic
What is a persuasive essay?
an essay that presents an argument and tries to convince the reader to agree or disagree
What is an expository essay?
an essay that presents or explains information
What type of story is "A Christmas Memory"?
autobiographical nonfiction
What type of story is "Angela's Ashes"?
autobiography (memoir)
What are the types of nonfiction we studied?
biography, autobiography, personal narrative, essay, informational article, interview, true-life adventure
What are the three types of essays?
expository, persuasive, and personal
What type of story is "Unfinished Business"?
interview (informational article)
What are the two basic types of informational articles?
news stories and feature stories
What is the difference between news stories and feature stories?
news stories give objective, unbiased account of events, but feature stories tell about an event/subject through interesting people
What type of story is "Life Without Go-Go Boots"?
personal essay
Other than the newspaper and magazines, where can you find informational articles?
textbooks, encyclopedias, reference books, and (sometimes unreliably) on the Internet.
What is a true-life adventure?
when a writer goes through something dramatic, and turns that experience into a realistic story about what actually happend
