Nonfiction

Deals with real, not imagined, people, places, things, and events

• nonfiction

• fiction

• memoir

• essay

the story of a person's life told by someone other than that person

• biography

• autobiography

• speech

• essay

the story of a person's life written by that person

• biography

• autobiography

• speech

• essay

a type of autobiography that focuses on one incident or period in a person's life

• narrative

• memoir

• informational text

• essay

a short work that presents a single main idea, or thesis, about a particular topic

• biography

• argumentative

• informational text

• essay

aims to convey or explain information

• essay

• autobiography

• informational text

• purpose

a writer's aim or goal

• memoir

• speech

• purpose

• description

Which mode has the purpose to inform?

• informative

• narrative

• descriptive

• argumentative

Which mode has the purpose to express thoughts or ideas, or to tell a story?

• informative

• narrative

• descriptive

• argumentative

Which mode has the purpose to portray a person, place, object, or event?

• informative

• narrative

• descriptive

• argumentative