Types of Nonfiction

This type of nonfiction reveals details about a person’s life.

• Essay

• Feature

• Speech

• Autobiography/Biography

This type of nonfiction is not meant to deliver news firsthand but to provide the back story and more details about a news story.

• Essay

• Feature

• News Article

• Speech

This is a type of nonfiction that is a short work about a single topic where the author can express his/her own opinions and ideas.

• Essay

• Speech

• Feature

• News Article

This type of nonfiction can be told from first person POV or third person POV.

• Essay

• Speech

• Autobiography/Biography

• News Article

This type of nonfiction is usually an oral presentation where the author can present his/her own ideas and opinions.

• Essay

• Speech

• News Article

• Feature

This type of nonfiction is a short work that is primarily intended to inform about recent events.

• Essay

• Speech

• News Article

• Feature

The author’s purpose is:

• A writer’s reason for writing a particular work

• What motivates the writer

• The reason for the author living

• The reason why the author chose to write the work in that format

Central Idea is:

• The middle of the text

• The idea an author had in the middle of the night

• The main idea of a text; what the text is mainly about

• The only idea the author could think of

This type of nonfiction can convey information through headlines, pictures, captions, quotes, statistics, and examples.

• Essay

• Speech

• Feature

• News Article

This type of nonfiction typically has the purpose of humanizing, illuminating, and entertaining.

• Feature

• News Article

• Speech

• Essay