Exploring the Literary Non-Fiction Genre

The video tutorial explains literary non-fiction, a genre aimed at storytelling and entertainment. It covers three subcategories: biography, autobiography, and memoir. A biography is a third-person account of someone's life by another person. An autobiography is a first-person account of the author's own life. A memoir, similar to an autobiography, focuses on a specific period rather than the entire life.

What is the primary purpose of literary non-fiction?

• To provide factual information

• To tell a story and entertain

• To persuade the reader

• To describe scientific phenomena

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Which of the following is a true account of a person's life written by someone else?

• Autobiography

• Novel

• Memoir

• Biography

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In which point of view is a biography usually written?

• First person

• Second person

• Omniscient

• Third person

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How does an autobiography differ from a biography?

• It is fictional

• It is written by the subject themselves

• It covers only a specific period of time

• It is written in third person

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What is a key characteristic of a memoir?

• It focuses on a specific period of time

• It is always written in third person

• It is written by someone else

• It covers the author's entire life

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