Intro to Nonfiction [Glencoe 3080316]

Writing about real people and real events

Telling about one events in the writer's own life

a spoken or written account of connected events; a story.

short work of nonfiction on a single topic.

This kind of essay may be intended to explain or persuade

Meant primarily to entertain

Intended to change the way people act and think.

Persuasive essays and speeches contains arguments that persuades through which of the following ways?

If the author's purpose is to inform or explain, look for

If the author's purpose is to entertain, look for