Types of Nonfiction
Author's Purpose
"The four main purposes of nonfiction are to:
(Elizabeth Lyon, A Writer's Guide to Nonfiction. Penguin Books, 2003)
Worksheets:
http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/genre-worksheets/genre-and-authors-purpose-worksheet.pdf
"The four main purposes of nonfiction are to:
- entertain
- inform
- inspire
- persuade
(Elizabeth Lyon, A Writer's Guide to Nonfiction. Penguin Books, 2003)
Worksheets:
http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/genre-worksheets/genre-and-authors-purpose-worksheet.pdf
Memoir vs Autobiography
http://www.barbaradoyen.com/writing-nonfiction/what-is-a-memoir-what-makes-a-memoir-different-from-an-autobiography-or-biography
http://www.barbaradoyen.com/writing-nonfiction/what-is-a-memoir-what-makes-a-memoir-different-from-an-autobiography-or-biography
The New York Times "Invisible Child"
by Andrea Elliott December 9, 2013 Part 1
http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2013/invisible-child/#/?chapt=1
Reading questions to accompany the article:
by Andrea Elliott December 9, 2013 Part 1
http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2013/invisible-child/#/?chapt=1
Reading questions to accompany the article: