Literary Non-fiction Terms

also called creative non-fiction, a type of writing that includes factually accurate narratives that are meant to entertain the reader. It reads like fiction and usually contains story elements. It reports on persons, places, and events in the real world, includes autobiographies, biographies, diaries, journals, letters sports and travel writing.

• point of view

• autobiography

• third person

• Literary non-fiction

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

the story of a real person's life written by another person, usually presents events and information in chronological order.

• auto-biography

• setting

• biography

• point of view

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

the person is telling a story with which he is not involved. he is an outside observer to the action. Uses the words like he, him, his, she her, they them, or their

• biography

• third person

• first person

• narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

the story of a real person's life written by that person; usually shares events and feelings about the events from that person's life

• first person

• third person

• autobiography

• biography

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

writing that is based on facts, real events or real people

• non fiction

• point of view

• narrator

• first person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

the narrator's position on the events in the story. author's point of view, a character's point of view

• biography

• third person

• point of view

• literary non fiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

the person telling the story

• point view

• setting

• biography

• narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

the person in the story is talking about himself or herself and uses words like I, me, my, we, us, and our

• autobiography

• first person

• third person

• non fiction

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10