| A | B |
| nonfiction | writing about real people, places and events |
| informative nonfiction | written to provide factual information |
| literary nonfiction | written to be read and experienced like fiction, but deals with real people, places and events |
| biography | the true story of a person’s life told by someone else |
| autobiography | the true story of a person’s life told by that person |
| essay | a short piece of nonfiction writing on a single subject |
| Grossology | topic of the informative nonfiction we read in class |
| first person POV | the point of view used in autobiographies |
| third person POV | the point of view used in biographies |