Introduction to LiteratureNon Fiction

Nonfiction

• Prose writing that deals with real, not imagined people and experiences.

• Types of nonfiction– Essays – Histories

• Speeches, sermons, contracts, deeds, constitutions, laws, biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, letters, diaries, journals.

Purpose and Organization• The writer’s purpose or aim is what he or she wants to accomplish.

Mode of WritingMode of Writing PurposePurpose ExampleExample

Expository To inform News article, research, report

Imaginative To entertain, enrich, enlighten, and/or use an artistic medium such as literature to share a perspective

Biography, family history.

Personal/expressive To reflect Diary entry, personal letter

Persuasive/

argumentative

To persuade readers to respond in some way, such as agree with a position, change a view on an issue, reach an agreement, or perform an action

Editorial, petition

Types of writing

• Narration

• Dialogue

• Description

• Exposition

•Tells a story or describes events

•Presents words as they were spoken by people.

•Make use of sensory details—words and phrases that describe how things look, sound, smell, taste, or feel.

•Writing that presents facts or opinions in an organized manner.

Types of Exposition

• Analysis breaks something into its parts and shows how the parts are related.

• Classification involved placing subjects into categories

• Comparison/Contrast shows similarities and differences

• Process presents the steps in a process or gives the reader directions.

Nonfiction

What is the difference between fiction and

nonfiction?

Fiction• Characteristics

– People, places, events and times are at least partially imagined

FictionFiction

• Types of fiction:Types of fiction:– Short StoriesShort Stories

– Plays, screenplaysPlays, screenplays

– PoetryPoetry

– Epic PoetryEpic Poetry

– NovelsNovels

Fiction

– to entertain – to instruct•Purpose:

Nonfiction

• Characteristics– the author writes

about real people, places, events and situations

– may include the author’s opinions

Nonfiction

• Types of nonfiction:• autobiographies/

biographies• encyclopedias• essays• journalism• textbooks

Non fiction

– to entertain

– to persuade

– to inform•Purpose:

Non fiction articles

Answer the following questions on a blank sheet of Answer the following questions on a blank sheet of paper while you listen to the articles about the Irish paper while you listen to the articles about the Irish Civil War. p.231-241Civil War. p.231-241

1)1) What caused the war?What caused the war?

2)2) What was life like before the war?What was life like before the war?

3)3) What is life like now?What is life like now?

4)4) Which side do you think is right?Which side do you think is right?