Nonfiction Literary Terms

The person or group for whom the author is writing

• Point of view

• Audience

• Author

• Tone

 The story of someone's life written by that person

• Autobiography

• Biography

• Short story

• Essay

The story of a person’s life told by another person

• Autobiography

• Biography

• Short story

• Essay

1. A short nonfiction work that makes a point about a single subject

• Setting

• Point of View

• Short story

• Essay

A work written to educate the reader on a topic, issue, or event

• Argumentative Essay

• Informative Essay

• Science article

• Informative article

An autobiography that deals with a specific period of someone’s life

• Mood

• Autobiograpgy

• Setting

• Memoir

Writing about real people, places, things, and events

• Fiction

• Non fiction

• Memoir

• Autobiography

 A short nonfiction work on a single topic related to the life of the writer

• Personal Essay

• Informative Essay

• Scientific Essay

• Biography

A short work that's goal is to persuade the reader to accept a point of view

• Essay

• Personal Essay

• Persuasion Essay

• Argumentative Essay

Vantage point from which the story is being told

• Tone

• Point of view

• Setting

• Mood