Non-Fiction Techniques 1

Which techniques are used in non-fiction?

• Rhetorical questions, personification, and simile.

• Compare/contrast, appeal to authority, and empirical evidence.

• Rhetorical questions, characterization, and appeal to authority.

• Compare/contrast, empirical evidence, and description of setting.

Which is the best example of a rhetorical question?

• How many people have won the lottery?

• Why does the lotteries existed?

• What would you do with a million dollars?

• How much money does the average person win in the lottery?

What is the best example of empirical evidence?

• The rising sea levels and ocean heat content is evident.

• The fact is that sea levels are rising because of global warming and everybody knows that.

• The empirical evidence shows that global warming exists.

• The rising sea levels and ocean heat content is empirical evidence of global warming’s existence.

Which is the best example of emotional appeal?

• Every moment that the people stay silent, millions of children are being ripped away from the arms of their loved ones and are being forced to into tiny cages.

• Every moment, the million of the children are being taken away from there family and making them go into the bad cages where they cannot see friends.

• Every moment, children and their families who enter certain countries illegally face the risk of being placed into internment camps until the authorities receive proper documentation.

• Every moment, children and their parents are facing the cruelest imaginable treatment. It is like putting them in the jaws of a lion's mouth and watching it chew.

Which is the best example of appeal to authority?

• In actress Jenny McCarthy's opinion, vaccines are "harmful to children and may lead to autism".

• US President Donald Trump has strong words for NFL players who refuse to stand up during the national anthem: "Maybe you shouldn't be in the country."

• The author refers to noted urban planner, J.H. Crawford’s belief that “Medieval urban forms are superior to everything that came before or has come since” to support his claim that we should develop car free cities.

• All the teachers in primary and secondary school systems agree that it is crucial to have a union representing them during salary disputes.

Which is the best example of an anecdote?

• The teacher's story of a student falling because he wasn't sitting properly in his chair is an anecdote.

• The student used the excuse of his neighbour making too much noise as an anecdote explaining why she is unable to sleep at night.

• Vincent Van Gogh's anecdote about his life as an artist illustrates that throughout his life, painting was his most cherished pass time.

• Ted Gup uses the anecdote of watching his son do his homework to support his claim that the use of the internet for research has narrowed society’s field of learning.

Which is the best example of a hyperbole?

• "I’m so hungry I could eat a horse."

• "He eats like a pig."

• "He ate so much, the zipper on his pants split."

• "Eating too much regularly can lead to obesity."

Which are examples of non-fiction?

• Documentaries, newspaper articles, and books.

• Films, newspaper articles, and essays.

• Films, books, and articles.

• Documentaries, autobiographies, and newspaper articles.

Which of the following statements is TRUE in non-fiction?

• There is always a protagonist in non-fiction stories.

• Non-fiction writing describes real people, places, and events.

• Short stories are part of non-fiction.

• Non-fiction writing can be based on someone's imagination.

What is the difference between a biography and an autobiography?

• They are the same thing.

• One is about a person, the other about an animal.

• Autobiographies are written by and about the same person.

• Biographies are written by and about the same person.