Unit 3 Lesson 3

Question 1

deals with real people, places, and events

Answer 1

Nonfiction

Question 2

two broad categories:

Answer 2

Informative Nonfiction
Literary Nonfiction

Question 3

texts that provide factual information

Examples are science and history books,
encyclopedias, dictionaries, and periodicals

Answer 3

Informative

Question 4

written like fiction, but the people, events, and
places involved remain factual

Answer 4

Literary Nonfiction

Question 5

Examples of nonfiction narratives

Answer 5

autobiographies,

biographies

personal essays.

Question 6

the story of a person’s life told by the same person

usually written in the first-person point of view and
covers a long period of the author’s life

shorter types are journals, diaries, and memoirs

Answer 6

Autobiography

Question 7

the story of a person’s life told by another person

Both autobiographies and biographies share similar
elements to that of fiction such as character, setting,
and plot.

Answer 7

Biography

Question 8

a piece of writing that centers on one topic or subject
matter

purpose may be to inform, to describe, to entertain,
or to persuade the readers

can be informal or personal and formal

became popular in the West in the 1550s

Answer 8

Essay

Question 9

types of essay

Answer 9

inform
personal
formal