terms

1. the person or group for whom the author is writing

• autobiography

• audience

• informative essay

• mood

1. The story of a person's life, written by that person 

• biography

• essay

• autobiography

• memoir

1. The story of a person's life, written someone else 

• autobiography

• memoir

• essay

• biography

1. A short nonfiction work that makes a point that makes a point about a single subject

• inormatiove essay

• essay

• personal essay

• argumentative essay

1. Explores a topic with a goal of informing or enlightening the reader

• personal essay

• argumentative essay

• essay

• informative essay

1. A type of autobiography that forces on one incident or period in a person’s life

• essay

• memoir

• story

• autobiography

Writing explores real people’s lives, places, things events, and ideas

• personal

• fiction

• non-fiction

• science fiction

1. Explores a topic related to the life or interests of the writer

• science essay

• argymentative essay

• fictional essay

• personal essay

1. Aims to persuade readers to accept a certain point of view

• argumentative essay

• personal essay

• informative essay

• essay

1. The vantage point, or perspective, from which the story is told

• perspective

• story keeper

• point of view

• setting