Nonfiction Review

Directions:

You may work with 1 other person. Write your answers on your slate.

(DO NOT blurt them out!)

You may NOT use your notes!

What are the 4 types of nonfiction?

This type of nonfiction uses colorful

words/phrases to create an image.

What type of nonfiction is it?

This type of nonfiction gives an explanation or tells

“how to” do something. What type of nonfiction

is it?

This type of nonfiction is a

personal story (like a memoir). What

type of nonfiction is it?

This type of nonfiction is used to convince

readers to take action or think in a certain way. What type of

nonfiction is it?

This appeal uses suffering, threats, sadness, or humor

to convince the reader.

This appeal repeats words or phrases to convince the

reader.

This appeal uses facts, examples,

stats, and numbers to convince the

reader.

This appeal speaks of being legal, fair,or

right to convince the reader.

Identify the types of

nonfiction from the excerpts that follow!

Don’t smoke!

• Smoking related-diseases kill one in 10 adults globally, or

cause four million deaths. By 2030, if current trends

continue, smoking will kill one in six people.

• Every eight seconds, someone dies from tobacco use.

The humidity was a wet sweater. The sickly-sweet odor of

plumeria flowers filled the air. Someone had just finished painting the sunset brilliant

shades of crimson and violet. The palm trees shushed the

scene, the wind shuffling their leaves. The air was salty from

the surrounding ocean.

If you have premarital sex, you’re a slut.

Your reputation will be ruined!

Your friends will ditch you because they are ashamed

of you!Don’t have premarital sex!

Clouds are formed when air containing water vapor is cooled below a critical temperature

called the dew point and the resulting moisture condenses into droplets on

microscopic dust particles in the atmosphere. The air is normally cooled by expansion during its upward movement.

Upward flow of air in the atmosphere may be caused by convection resulting from intense solar heating of the ground; by a cold wedge of air (cold front) near the ground causing a mass of warm air to be forced aloft; or by a

mountain range at an angle to the wind.

Don’t do drugs.

Drugs kill.

Drugs destroy.

Don’t do drugs.

I walked slowly, nervously to the front door. I knew he was

home now. I had driven by his house twenty times. His car

was out front. I rang the doorbell. He stood before me, my father. “Do you remember

me?” I asked. My voice quivered. “Kristi?”

Amnesty now!We’re in the United States, treat

us equally!We help build this country

through agriculture and construction.

We contribute to the success of the U.S.

Make us citizens!