| A | B |
|---|
| Nonfiction | Writings about real people |
| Autobiography | a story about a person’s life written by that person |
| Biography | a story about a person’s life written by another person |
| Fact | statement that can be proven true or false |
| Opinion | statement based on one’s beliefs or biased |
| Primary source | firsthand account such as Diaries |
| Secondary source | one or more steps removed from primary source. Second-hand info |
| Memoir | a personal narrative based on one specific event or experience |
| Narrative essay | piece of writing that tells a story |
| Descriptive essay | piece of writing that describes an event |
| Expository essay | piece of writing that gives information |
| Persuasive essay | piece of writing that tries to convince you to think or act a certain way |
| Inference | making an educated guess “reading between the lines” |
| Editorials | commentary expressing the opinion of the author |
| Valid source | true and reliable source of info (first hand |
| Invalid source | unreliable sources of info (second hand sources) |
| Bibliography/works cited | an alphabetical list of books and materials used in report |
| Biased | partial to one side due to feelings |
| Unbiased | not partial to ; factual |
| Point of view | position from which the story is told (1st |
| Author’s purpose | reason for writing( to inform. To persuade |
| Print source | sources of information like newspapers |
| Nonprint source | sources of information like computer sites |
| MLA format | Modern Language Association format for bibliography |
| Plagiarism | using another writer’s information or ideas without giving credit to them |
| Quotations | citing exact words used as a primary source |
| Credentials | person of authority on a certain topic/subject |
| Subjective writing | writing where the author’s feeling are present |
| Objective writing | writing where the author does not allow feeling s to enter- facts only like a science or math textbook |
