PDF-(EBOOK)-Doctored: A True Story (Inanna Poetry and Fiction Series)

Literary Nonfiction Memoir Womens Studies Many women are sexually abused by their doctors DOCTORED is a moving true story about the devastating impact of this abuse of power It is a first person account of one womans steely determination to recover and to find justice Sky is a successful writer who suffers from anxiety Like a surprising number of vulnerable women she is sexually abused by the doctor she turns to for help And as so many women abused by their doctors discover the consequences are devastating she loses her career her friends her family her religion and ultimately her mind Through sheer force of will Sky fights her way back from madness to strength But then when she reports the doctor she faces the frustrating antifemale bias in the medical and legal systems Can she win in an arena where women rarely do At times hilarious most often enraging DOCTORED is a bold and important book that breaks through the protective barriers surrounding the medical profession. Click on speaker to hear sound. Types of Fiction. Myth/Legend is realistic or fantastic, used to explain aspects of existence we don’t understand..  . Types of Fiction (cont…). Folktales: impart a lesson and touch upon psychological truths about human beings.. Week of September 17, 2012. What’s the difference?. Science Fiction. Planets. Alien. Flying, talking animals in space. Light sabers. Space ships coming out of the . TV. robots. Realistic Fiction. Might really happen. What is Historical Fiction?. Historical fiction is fiction set in the past. It contains a rich mixture of fact and fiction. . . What is Historical Fiction?. Through novels and short stories, an author may combine factual information about time, place, events, and real people of the period with fictional characters, dialogue, and details.. Genres . Of . Literature. Genres of Literature . Genre is a French word . that means “type” or “kind”. All categories of books or stories can be called either. . fiction. or . non-fiction.. Poetry. Drama. Genres of . Imaginative Literature. Genre . means class or type.. If you've ever studied science, you know another word for classifications, . genus. , from the same Latin root. . In the arts, genre classifications are usually related to characteristics of style, form, and presentation. For example, fiction typically is read silently, poetry read aloud, and drama performed on stage. Lesson 3. What genre is this? Does . Fahrenheit 451. belong to this genre? What other books have you read in this genre?. Science fiction . is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginative content such as futuristic settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life. . genre means a category, or kind of story.. S. Bolmeier/MPS. All categories of books or stories can be called either. . fiction. or . non-fiction.. Fiction. a made up story . can tell about things that . Realistic fiction is made up of stories that could really happen. . The stories are set in modern times.. Examples of Realistic Fiction. Because of Winn Dixie. Crash. Owl Moon. Shiloh. Bridge to . Terabithia. GMOs are created by injecting chemicals into food AFTER it is harvested.. Fiction. GMOs are developed through genetic engineering where scientists identify and insert specific traits into the DNA of the seed before it is ever planted. The plant grows just like conventional (non-GMO) seeds. . Historical fiction is . fiction. set in . the past. . It contains a rich. . mixture. of . fact. and . fiction. . . What is Historical Fiction?. Through novels and short stories, an author may . combine. Intended solely to entertain. Legal thrillers, romance novels. Escapist. Formulaic. Literary Fiction. Written with serious artistic intentions by someone who hopes to enable readers to broaden understanding of life and to empathize with others. Elements of Fiction. Fiction is prose writing that tells about characters and events from the author’s imagination. All works of fiction share certain basic elements.. Setting. is the time and place where the story takes place.. Types of Fiction. Myth/Legend is realistic or fantastic, used to explain aspects of existence we don’t understand..  . Types of Fiction (cont…). Folktales: impart a lesson and touch upon psychological truths about human beings.. To explore ways writers use language and structure to create flash fiction.. To write my own piece of flash fiction.. To understand the nature of flash fiction and to create my own.. Learning Objective.