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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 |