click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Vocabulary List 8
Literary Nonfiction
Term | Definition |
---|---|
nonfiction | writing that is not made up; real facts |
literary nonfiction | true facts written as a story |
autobiography | story a person writes about his or her own life; most or all of their life is included |
biography | story written about a person’s life written by another person |
memoir | story written about a memory or collection of memories in the author’s life |
personal narrative | short story written about one memory from the author’s life |
chronological order | time/date order |
sequence | order in which things happen (steps) |
concrete noun | names a person, place, or thing |
abstract noun | names something that cannot be seen or touched |
collective noun | names a collection of persons, places, animals or things |
miss/mit | send |
mob/mot | move |
multi | many/much |
capacity | the maximum amount that something can contain |
revelation | an act of revealing or communicating divine truth |
abandoned | left in a particular place or condition, usually forever |
bona fide | genuine; real |