Nonfiction

Another major genre of literature is Nonfiction. Nonfiction is writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people. This means that nonfiction books are true stories , unlike realistic fiction. The people, events, places, and ideas are all real and not invented. It has a clear purpose, which may be to inform, to persuade, to honor, or to entertain an audience. The narrator of this type of literature is the author, and he or she may express his or her own attitude and perspective about the subject. Newspaper stories, journal articles, textbooks, and legal documents are all nonfiction. Biographies and any historical texts are also nonfiction. Books that are based on real life stories are good to read when you want to learn about a specific topic. Topics I usually like to learn about by reading a factual book include how to cook and places to travel. 


Here are a few Nonfiction books that I would be interested in reading:




Vocabulary to know:
Facts- (noun) Something known to exist or to have happened.
Invent- (verb) To create or design.
Purpose- (noun) The reason for which something is done or created.
Persuade- (verb) To make someone do or believe something by giving good reason.
Audience- (noun) The people reading a book.
Narrator- (noun) A person who tells a story. 
Express- (verb) To say what one thinks or means.
Attitude- (noun) The way you think and feel about someone or something.
Perspective- (noun) A point of view.

Vocabulary Activity: Please find and circle the vocabulary words in the word search.

E S O P R U P E V L U R E P D 
Q D K F A H X Z M J A D S E V 
C T J Z N P R A U Q U Q T R K 
J F N J R E H X B T X E C S S 
A X N E J H V G I Y K V A U W 
Y U S S V X I T B H P I F A F 
T S D I K N T I Z Z P T L D X 
V J O I O A I W L Y S C W E I 
U Z A J E O H Q J K K E H I X 
A G L A R N V L D G K P Z U Q 
L N E N V J C D S J S S K H T 
K A L N Q B H E K Y O R Z A J 
N A R R A T O R T D N E E N M 
V M B S W I V R F X W P T U B 
B M C D Z J M X W F T Y R K V 

Attitude           Audience
Express           Facts
Invent             Narrator
Perspective    Persuade
Purpose

Grammar Point: There are a couple of verbs in our vocabulary list. A verb is a word used to describe an action (run, walk, sing), state (to be, to exist), or occurrence (to happen, to become). The verbs in our vocabulary words are to invent, to persuade, and to express. Please write 10 sentences that include at least one verb.