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Non-Fiction Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A writer's account of another person's life which includes both facts and opinions. | Biography |
| A writer's account of his or her own life which gives the writer's perspective. | Autobiography |
| A writer's account of significant periods in his or her own life which reflect historical events and/or social issues. | Memoir |
| Relatively short pieces of writing on a single subject that can be informal or formal | Essay |
| Type of essay which presents or explains information or ideas. | Expository |
| Type of essay which attempts to convince the reader to adopt a particular point of view. | Persuasive |
| Type of essay which presents a writer's thoughts or feelings on a subject. | Personal |
| Type of article that focuses on facts about a certain subject. | Informative |
| Type of article that appears in magazines and newspapers and focuses on interesting people or events. | Feature |
| Conversation in which one person asks another person questions. | Interview |
| Record of an interview which is word-for-word what was said | Transcript |
| Record of an interview which contains the interviewer's own interpretation of the responses. | Profile |
| True tales of heroism, survival, and adventure. | True-Life Adventure |
| Story which contains material from the writer's own life. | Autobiographical Fiction |
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