| A | B |
|---|
| nonfiction | writing about real people, places, and events |
| journal, memoir, diary | shorter type of autobiographical writing |
| informartive nonfiction | written to provide factual information |
| literary nonfiction | real people take the place of fictional characters, setting and plot are real |
| formal essay | serious and scholorly, rarely published in literature books |
| biography | a true story of someone's life written by another person |
| autobiography | a true story told by the author about himself/herself |
| informal essay | explains how the author feels about a subject |
| essay | a short piece of writing dealing with one subject |
| biographer | a person who tells the life story about another person |
| evaluate | form opinion about what you have read |
| question | see what is fact and what is opinion |
| separate fact & opinion | see what is fact and what is opinion |
| preview | look at the title, pictures, diagrams, subtitles, and boldface words |
| organization | review a work to see if it is an autobiography, biography, or informative nonfiction |
| predict | try to figure out what will come next in the story |
