Nonfiction

Creative nonfiction is called by many names such as literary nonfiction, narrative nonfiction, literary journalism, and imaginative nonfiction. These are just some of the very many given names of creative nonfiction. Creative nonfiction is nonfiction that is still well researched and puts the reader in the situation of that time period and reads like fiction. The comparison of creative nonfiction and nonfiction will be discussed and will be dissected into the differences and common ground of both

“The best nonfiction recognizes the impossibility of perfect representation, the dream of the 1:1 ratio,” (Sharlett). What Jeff Sharlet means in this quote is that facts cannot be perfectly represented, regardless of any type of imagery or descriptions, so a good nonfiction work uses only what is needed to get the message across. Beginning in the 20th century, many nonfiction writers would even look towards fiction for the resources to describe what was considered impossible to describe (Taylor)

was an issue. The Russian Night Witches were teenage girls, enlisted to help with the war in a unique way. They dropped bombs on the Germans during the night, keeping them awake all night, which dulled their senses for the next day’s fights. The nonfiction book, The Night Witches - the amazing story of Russia’s women pilots in World War II by Bruce Myles addressed topics within the story with a more direct approach than LJ Adlington’s fiction novel, Night Witches. In the latter, the main character

informational texts. The process of responding to nonfiction demands that the student questions what they know about the topic, how the text confirmed, added or changed their knowledge on the subject, and encourages students to ask further questions about the information exposed in the piece of literature. Informational texts tend to be more difficult than fictional texts. As a result, the students may have a harder time responding to nonfiction. I think that challenging students is crucial, especially

Perseverance “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it” (Maya Angelou). In all the nonfiction books read in class perseverance is the main concept in each story. The dictionary defines perseverance as “continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition : the action or condition or an instance of persevering”

By persevering they will continue to become better instead of staying where they are at, scared to continue the new skill or play. In nonfiction literature, authors talk about the theme perseverance. In the article, Warriors Don’t Cry, all of the kids are demonstrating perseverance everyday they go to school. They know that many people are against them and they will have to go through both

This book is unlike most nonfiction novels. It’s different. It has pizzazz and sass to it. I would most definitely recommend this book to others. It is well written, fun to read, and one can really connect to it while they are reading. It’s informal and isn’t loaded with facts or specific dates. Kear uses simple slang while writing this book and uses strong but fun diction that readers can relate to because it’s the type of language that they use in everyday lives. Her words come to life on the

doubt that we are reading, but the question is are we reading the material we need to be reading. The article “The Importance of Reading in Earnest” stresses the importance of nonfiction. Nonfiction can be very different from fiction, and how you read and comprehend nonfiction is different too. The style that nonfiction tends to be written in is something that you have to

character in a book. In a true fiction, a writer can twist and mold their characters into whoever they like. They can make things up about them without consequences because they aren’t real. However, Capote didn’t write a fiction novel; he wrote a “nonfiction” novel. Characters that he wrongly portrayed left a lasting scar on the memory of the real person. The two surviving daughters of Herd and Bonnie Clutter were furious with the portrayal of their mother as an invalid and Rev. James Post told

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along '” (Eleanor Roosevelt). It takes courage to live a life that one truly wants to live. One must be brave and strong enough to pursue this courage and then apply that to their everyday life. The definition of courage is, “mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand