NON: Overview

An image showing various Nonfiction literary genres: narrative, autobiography, textbook, essay, speech, reference.Nonfiction Text Study

Introduction

Diaries. Letters. Memoirs. Autobiographies. These are just some of the genres within the world of nonfiction. Throughout this module, you will learn more about these genres and the writers who are known for their nonfiction works. After a study of the different types of nonfiction, you will choose from a list of authors who have built their careers writing nonfiction works. Your work in the module will center on a text by your chosen author.

Module Objectives

  • Identify and describe components of nonfiction writing
  • Explain the style of an author’s writing
  • Compose an argument using a nonfiction text as support
  • Analyze the rhetoric in a piece of nonfiction

Module Lessons Preview

Nonfiction Writing Lesson: A lesson on the traits of nonfiction writing and what sets it apart from fiction

Nonfiction - Diaries, Journals, and Letters Lesson: A lesson on the traits of diaries, journals, and letters, as well as a brief history of selected excerpts

Nonfiction - Autobiographies, Biographies, and Memoirs Lesson: A lesson on the traits of autobiographies, biographies, and memoirs with a particular focus on what makes them differ from one another

Norman Mailer Lesson – a guided study of a writer known for his work in the realm of nonfiction

Key Terms

  • Nonfiction: prose writing that is based on facts, events, real people, and historical occurrences

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