Literary Terms 8 th grade 10/24

A person or group for whom the authors write

• Autobiography

• Audience

• Informative Essay

• Memoir

The story of a person's life written by that person

• Essay

• Purpose

• Autobiography

• Voice

The story of a person's life told by another person

• Biography

• Chart

• Non fiction

• Personal essay

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

• Argumentative essay

• Essay

• Personal essay

• Informative essay

A type of autobiography that focuses on one incident or period in a person's life

• Point of View

• Thesis

• Tone

• Memoir

A brief nonfiction writing piece that is written to inform the reader

• Informative Essay

• Diagram

• Flow Chart

• Voice

Explores real people's ideas, lives, events, and places

• Non fiction

• Map

• Visual Media

• Pie Chart

A short nonfiction work on a single topic related to the life of the writer

• Argumentative Essay

• Purpose

• Tone

• Personal Essay

The writer's goal is to persuade the reader to accept a point of view

• Audience

• Biography

• Argumentative Essay

• Essay

The vantage point from which the story is told

• Point of View

• Chart

• Purpose

• Diagram