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vocab 10
Term | Definition |
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Article | a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine. |
Informational | knowledge communicated or received concerning a particular fact or circumstance; |
Autobiography | a history of a person's life written or told by that person |
Journal | a daily record, as of occurrences, experiences, or observations |
Non-fiction | the branch of literature comprising works of narrative prose dealing with or offering opinions or conjectures upon facts and reality, including biography, history, and the essay |
Claim | to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due |
Peer-Review | evaluation of a person's work or performance by a group of people in the same occupation, profession, or industry. |
Memoir | a record of events written by a person having intimate knowledge of them and based on personal observation |
Support | to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for |
Periodical | a magazine or other journal that is issued at regularly recurring intervals |
Literary non-fiction | is a genre of writing that uses literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate narratives. |
Evidence | that which tends to prove or disprove something; ground for belief; proof. |
Expository | of the nature of exposition; serving to expound, set forth, or explain |
Biography | a written account of another person's life |
Citation | Military. mention of a soldier or a unit in orders, usually for gallantry |