| A | B |
|---|
| Biography | a writer writes about ANOTHER person's life |
| Autobiography | writer writes about HIS or HER own life |
| types of Autobiographies | personal narrative, diaries, journals, letters |
| personal narrative | autobiography that is about ONE experience in the life of the writer. (NOT the entire life) |
| Essay | short piece - single subject |
| formal essay | structured - impersonal |
| informal essay | loose structure - personal |
| expository essay | explains ideas or information |
| persuasive essay | attempts to convince the reader to agree with the writer's opinion |
| personal essay | writer's thoughts - feelings about a subject |
| Informative article | provides facts about a subject - 2 types NEWS & FEATURE |
| news articles | objective - unbiased (doesn't take a side) - info about current events |
| feature articles | about human interest - interesting people - events |
| Interview | writer ask questions - has a conversation with person |
| profile | writers own way of looking at the interviewees answers |
| transcript | lets the person's own personality or his/her own words come through the writing |
| True-Life Adventure | true stories |
