| A | B |
|---|
| memoir | an autobiographical piece that focuses on a specific point in the author's life |
| biography | the story of a person's life written by another person |
| expository essay | an essay that explains or defines |
| persusive essay | an essay that attemps to convince to a particular point of view |
| Maya Angelou | All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes |
| Elie Wiesel | night |
| Sandra Cisneros | Only Daughter |
| Richard Wright | Black Boy |
| Paul Dunbar | Sympathy |
| autobiography | complete life story written by the author |
| metaphor | direct comparison |
| simile | indirect comparison usually using "like" or "as" |
| nonfiction | writing that his historically accurate |
