Literary Nonfiction

What world or life event happened earlier in your childhood that changed you forever? Briefly describe, using appropriate language formalities (punctuation, complete sentences, capitalizations etc.).

Is it something you speak about often and openly? Have you ever found that you have this event, or personal change, in common with someone else? Ever seen it play out in a tv show, movie, book etc?

(Answer using the following sentence stem if it helps:)

I (do/don't) speak of this (openly/often) because ______. It was (a long time/not very long/difficult/easy/refreshing/embarrassing/a relief/a surprise?) to realize how (positively/negatively/deeply/little) it affected me. I (have/haven't) seen a similar story on (tv/movie etc), and when I think about it, it makes me feel _______ because _____.

The sun rose in the west at 6:57am Central Standard Time. The drive to work took approximately fifty minutes, and the teacher was clocked in at 7:22am. Room B107 is all the way across the building, past the auditorium and the office. Second period started on time, tardiness was minimal, and the rest of the day passed without any significant problems.

Would you describe the language used in this short paragraph subjective or objective? Why?

Traffic crawled at a snail's pace so my morning drive took forever, and I was losing my mind for most of it. My time window was closing fast, and by the time I rolled into the parking lot like a fugitive on a police chase, I was on the war path. I flew through the door, past Mrs. Ledbetter and the horde of teenage zombies haunting the cafeteria, down B100 hall, and stampeded into my room. Finally safe...in my sanctuary. I melted into my chair and let my mind wander for the rest of second period.

Was this written using subjective or objective language? How can you tell? List 3 examples of evidence from the paragraph. Use the following sentence stem if it helps:

This paragraph was written in _____ language. I recognize it because the narrator says _______, which is intended to be taken in it's (denotative/dictionary/literal or connotative/contextual/figurative) meaning. The narrator also says ______, and _____ which demonstrate the author's attention to (informing the audience about facts / entertaining the audience).

Write a short nonfiction paragraph to describe this scene using appropriate academic language conventions (subjective or objective language?)