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A short piece of nonfiction that examines a single subject from a limited point of view.

• Autobiography
• Essay
• Biography
• Memoir

An account of a person’s life written by another person.

• Biography
• Autobiography

The attitude or feeling associated with a word.

• Denotation
• Connotation

Something that explains, gives information, defines, or clarifies an idea.

• Persuasive
• Narrative
• Expository

A form of nonfiction in which a person recalls significant events in his or her life

• Memoir
• Biography
• Autobiography
• Essay

An account of a writer’s own life.

• BIography
• Autobiography

Something that is aimed at leading the reader to think or act in a certain way.

• Expository
• Persuasive
• Narrative

What a word literally means.

• Denotation
• Connotation

Something that tells about a series or related events

• Narrative
• Persuasive
• Expository

What are patterns or organization?

• The arrangement of ideas in a text
• Who the writer is writing to.
• The purpose as to why a writer is writing
• The genre in which a writer is writing