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Non-fiction writing By Abigail W. (Role of Author (Author's Purpose,…
Non-fiction
writing
By Abigail W.
Organization
Cause and Effect
Shows the relationship among events.
"I knew then that w-a-t-e-r meant the wonderful cool something that was flowing over my hand." P. 380
Chronological
Presents details in time order.
"Melica says she heard at the hairdresser's that on Saturday, April 4, 1992, there's going to be BOOM-BOOM, BANG-BANG, CRASH Sarajevo." P. 352
Compare and Contrast
Shows the ways in which two or more subjects are similar or different.
"That's when we learned that the main post office (near us) was on fire and that they kidnapped our President" P. 353
Role of Author
Author's Style
In "Zlata's Diary" Zlata's mood was mostly upset, angry, and sad. She hated war and wanted it to stop.
Author's Mood
In "Zlata's Diary" Zlata's mood was sad and angry because of the war.
Author's Influence
In "The Platoon System" Beverly Cleary had a lot of her opinions in it and talked about what her life was like when she was in seventh grade.
Author's Purpose
To Persuade
In "Zlata's Diary" Zlata was trying to persuade the readers (even though she didn't know that she was going to have people reading her diary), that war was a silly way to settle an argument.
To Entertain
"The Platoon System" entertained people because Beverly Cleary talked about things that were interesting to her or exciting to to her.
To Inform
In "Water", Helen Keller informed the readers of the time when she finally realized that everything she touched had a name. 380
To Reflect
Helen Keller was reflecting in "Water" when she said "I learned a great many new words that day. I do not not remember what they all were: but I do know that mother, father, sister, teacher were among them." 381
Types of Details
Facts
"It was 1945, and world war II had ended. Americans of all races had died for their country." P. 395
Statistics
"By the time he was sixteen, Abraham was six feet tall. P. 414"
Anecdotes
"Water" P. 379
Opinion
" I want it to stop forever." p. 354
My Reflections
The story that was the most important to me was Water.
It showed me a little bit of what life would be like for people who are blind, deaf, or both.
It showed me that I should be kind to those who have disabilities or have lost their senses.
It made me think about how I should me grateful for the senses that I am able to have.
