Elements of Nonfiction NONFICTION is prose writing that is about real people‚ places‚ and events. Unlike fiction‚ nonfiction is largely concerned with factual information‚ although the writer selects and interprets the information according to his or her purpose and viewpoint. Although the subject matter of nonfiction is not imaginative‚ the writer’s style may be individualistic and innovative. Types of nonfiction include: autobiographies‚ biographies‚ letters‚ essays‚ diaries‚ journals‚ memoirs
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Narrative Nonfiction As a father Kevin‚ would tell me stories about his past and what it was like growing up. When his father was trying to teach his big brother how to ride a bike and has the opportunity to play college football. As a dad‚ Kevin taught me a lot of things over the years. For example how to use a pellet-gun mostly in the summertime and shooting at a target‚ fishing at lakes or listens to me talking about anything that was
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Rule 1 in nonfiction writing: Talk to the people who were there. Rule 2 in nonfiction writing: Corroborate people’s memories of the event with court records and other official documents. Why there’s a Rule 2: Occasionally a source will tell you a tall tale. Be skeptical. Rule 3: Define your story with facts but remember that drama lies with people. Rule 4: Be persistent because often people avoid talking about deep and sometimes painful memories. Rule 5: Letters‚ diaries‚ journals and photos
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In his Article "Science Nonfiction" Niv Lilien expresses the fact that in the future‚ technology will have a massive role in our daily life style. He emphasizes that a future that revolves exclusively around technology is not far away .Throughout the article‚ he verifies his assumptions by interviewing technology leaders and specialists who share the same mindset as he does. The writer begins with an imaginary story which describes how he believes our future will look like in 40 years. The protagonist
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Reaction Paper-Nonfiction Tammy J. Murr ENG/125 January 12‚ 2013 Kristine Fox What is the Author’s Main Idea? In the course of this paper I will discuss what I believe the author’s main idea is. I will explain what the author is trying to convey to the readers and explain the strategies I think the writer used in conveying his ideas. I will illustrate the meaning of my paper with relevant quotes from the author’s work. I have chosen “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King‚
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STYLISTIC VOCABULARY IN THE CREATIVE WRITING COMPOSITIONS OF 4th YEAR AB ENGLISH STUDENTS: A GALPERIN APPROACH An Undergraduate Thesis Presented to the Department of English Institute of Arts and Sciences Far Eastern University CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Aside from a perfect grammar‚ English majors are expected to have a wider range of vocabulary as compared with other students in the university since it is their field of study. This is manifested when a student
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Review of Richard Florida: The Rise of the Creative Class Richard Florida‚ a professor from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh‚ intended to discuss the economic downturn that struck Pittsburgh and and the effort to rebuild the economy the took place there. In the beginning‚ he and every major economist thought that to build an economy people will need jobs‚ and to get jobs for the people they need companies‚ and to have a company a place has to offer perks; something that
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LinkOptimizer for Adobe InDesign Now Supports Creative Cloud 2014 Zevrix Solutions announces LinkOptimizer 4.9.17‚ a compatibility update to its popular workflow automation solution for Adobe InDesign. LinkOptimizer allows to reduce InDesign link size and speed up processing by eliminating excess image data. The software also performs image adjustments‚ converts file formats and helps repurpose InDesign files for web and mobile devices. The new version makes LinkOptimizer compatible with the
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So emphatic is Melissa Fay Greene that Praying for Sheetrock is a work of nonfiction that she includes the phrase as a part of the title. Perhaps she feared that her use of novelistic techniques might lead the reader astray into believing that the stories she tells‚ the history she recounts‚ are imagined or distorted. Without resorting to journalese‚ she employs some of the reporter’s tricks to make her work more immediate: background stories‚ anecdotes of local color‚ repetition‚ and just enough
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The Three literary nonfiction stories are based on actual events that are described in detail by the writer in order to enable the reader to relive the experience in vivid and emotional detail. Brian Mockenhaupt´s ¨The Living and the Dead¨ gives the reader a detailed picture of the life of a Marine that was stationed in Afghanistan. He described how he lived with the fear of not knowing what will happen during his tour. Detailed events of his relationship with his comrades‚ ranging from clearing
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