PPT-Purposes of Nonfiction

English 9B To inform A reader who has come to this text is seeking this information Academic essay Blog Dictionary Encyclopedia News article Reports Textbook To entertain A reader is entertained by exploring a subject or idea. The Art of Language. Day 1. Vocabulary. Lit Circles: Individual Assessment. WA Exemplars & Scoring. Artful Language Unit Agenda. Stoic. Dissuade. Defiant. Stern. Maniacal. Emphasis. Painstaking. . Discussion Questions. The State of Nonfiction Today. Lopate. is making a . polemic. argument in his opening chapter, arguing against the common approach to “show, not tell” when writing nonfiction.. 24 Nonfiction Passages for Test Practice: Grades 2-3 Informational Text, Memoirs, and Persuasive Writing. Up to half or more of your EOC will be non-fiction or informational text.. Nonfiction characteristics . Nonfiction is . based on some sort of fact. Fiction and Nonfiction . All categories of books or stories can be called either . fiction. or . non-fiction.. Fiction. A made up story . Can tell about things that . could. happen. Is read for fun . Nonfiction Text Features . Day 1. © H. Limp 2014. Lesson Preview. Objective:. I can define THIEVES.. I can identify different nonfiction text features.. 2.RN.3.1: . Use Various text features (e.g., table of contents, index, headings, captions) to locate key facts or information and explain how they contribute to and clarify a text.. Everything you read is either fiction or nonfiction.. How can you tell the difference? . Fiction is . FAKE. !. Fiction is make-believe.. Authors use their imaginations to write fiction stories.. In fiction books the pictures are not realistic.. Secondary Nonfiction Reading Strand. Nonfiction . Reading. Karyn. Stone . Simonelli. 2. Secondary Nonfiction Reading. Key Points in Nonfiction Reading. Nonfiction includes both informational and functional passages. Motifs & Themes. Dave Eggers. Memoir: . A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Short Fiction: . How We Are Hungry. Creative Nonfiction “Novel”: . What is the What. Nonfiction: . Zeitoun. Hurricane Katrina. theme. . Explain what it means.. Theme. Theme is what the author wants you to understand about life or human nature.. Theme is a general statement that can apply to all people.. What is the theme of this excerpt from “The Giant’s House”?. Nonfiction. Prose writing. Presents and explains ideas or tells about real people. Examples:. Essays. Newspaper and magazine articles. Journals. Travelogues. Biographies. Autobiographies. Autobiography . 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.. Logan McKnight. Jeanne Swafford. University of North Carolina – Wilmington. Presentation at the North Carolina Reading Association Annual Conference. March 12, . 2013. Overview. Locating quality nonfiction titles and keeping up with new publications. In this lesson you . will learn to organize information . by using text structure clues.. Text Structure: the style an author uses to organize his or her writing. 1. 2. 3. time order. c. ompare and contrast.