Literary Nonfiction

Autobiography is written in the _________ person because it is the author's own story. 

• second
• first
• third

Literary nonfiction is true but looks like _______

• nonfiction
• fantasy
• fiction
• books

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.9B

A biography is written in the _______ person because they are not written about the author's life.

• first
• second
• third

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

The following can all be found in literary nonfiction except

• fictional characters
• figurative language
• sensory language
• settings

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Literary Nonfiction

• Does not tell a true story.
• Is strictly informational.
• Does not include elaborate details. 
• Includes autobiographies, biographies, memoirs, and personal narratives.

Autobiography

• The writer tells someone else's story.
• The writing is not true.
• The writer tells his/her own story.
• Gives a description of a topic.

_________________ means the time and place in which the events happen in a story.

• Chronological order
• Setting
• Dialogue
• Transition words

Dialogue is 

• Action at the end of the story.
• The conversation between characters.
• Authors point of view
• Chronological order

Biography

• The writer tells his own story. 
• The writer tells the story of someone else's life. 
• Tells a portion of their life. 
• Shares one event in the writer's life.

Literary devices are used to create _____________ and images in the mind of the reader.

• interest
• plot
• characters
• conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4