Nonfiction Discussion Topics – Test Review
1. Define subjective and objective writing. Identify each of the six stories as one or the other or both. Give examples from the text.
2. Which stories have a protagonist? Identify the protagonist from each one and describe how the character functions as one in the story.
3. What are the settings of each of the stories? How/why are they significant?
4. Which stories have themes? What are they, and how are they developed?
5. What is participatory journalism? How is “A Guided Tour of the Inferno” an example of this?
6. What point does Twain make in “The Lowest Animal”? How does he accomplish this? Is he successful?
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