Lit. Non-Fiction Vocab flashcard

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Biography

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A book about a person's life written by someone else.

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What is an autobiography?

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A book someone writes about their own life.

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Diary/ Journal

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A day by day account of a person's life.

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What is an essay?

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A short nonfiction work about a specific topic, examining one subject in a limited way.

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What is an interview?

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A one-on-one conversation where questions are asked and answered.

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Documentary:

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A nonfiction film using primary and secondary sources.

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Exposition is a writing or speech that explains or informs.

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a writing or speech that explains or informs something

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Summarizing is...

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a shortened version of a paraphrase

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Non-fiction is prose writing that presents and explains ideas or tells about real people, places, objects, or events.

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prose writing that presents and explains ideas or tells about people, places, objects or events