Non-Fiction Writing By: Avery
Organization
Chronological: presents details in time order
cause and effect: shows the relationship among events
Comparison and contrast: shows the way in which 2 or more subjects are similar and different.
Role of Author
Author's Influence: includes heritage, culture, and personal beliefs
author's style: the way he or she puts ideas into words. (formal, friendly, humorous)
author's purpose: the reason why the author writes
Types of Details
anecdotes: short stories
facts:information
Statistics: information based on numbers
Reflection
Opinion: beliefs or feelings of a reader
Example: Backwoods Boy
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 pg. 410*
Example: Zlata
"The new sections of town are being badly destroyed. In the middle of town it's quiet."
pg.352
Example: Zlata "I got chocolate, vitamins , a heart shaped soap, a key chain, a ring, and earrings.
Example: Water
Hellen is descriptive when she said,"Miss Sullivan had tried to impress me that M-U-G is mug and that W-A-T-E-R is water, but I Persisted."
entertain
author's mood: Overall feeling over an essay or article
inform
persuade
Reflect #381 "I lay in my crib at the close of that eventful day and lived over the joys it had brought me."
Inform
The Shout Out #388 "Abner Doubleday "invented" baseball"
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Persuade
Preserving a Great American Symbol #403
"Wooden baseball bats sould not be replaced with metal ones."
Entertain Preserving a Great American Symbol #404
"Radar-enhanced gloves?"
Water #379 "One day I was playing with my doll."
Jackie Robinson #396 "Robinson signed with the Dodgers in 1946."
Jackie Robinson #396 On April 15 26,623 fans came.
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Hellen Keller wrote to inform people about her life.
I think she is very descriptive.
I also think Hellen is a great exaple for everyone. She shows us that you can accomplish something eventhough its hard.
I admire Hellen Keller because she learned to speak when she was deaf and blind.
Example: Jackie
Robinson
Since Jackie
signed with the Dodgers, fans insulted him and so did players.
pg. 396
Reflect
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Example: Zlata Some of my older girlfriends were keeping a diary and in an attempt to be "older".
Zlata #353 "The cellar is ugly, dark, and smelly."
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