Nonfiction Vocabulary
This constitutes all of the words that may appear from your nonfiction unit.  The same notes you were given at the beginning of the unit will be added when I have time, hopefully this week.  Definitions for each of these words can be found in your literature book.

Nonfiction
Essay

Descriptive
Narrative/ Narration
Expository

Entertain
Inform
Persuade

Formal
Informal

Biographical
Autobiographical
Biographical Sketch

Appeal to�
Emotion
Logic

Purpose
Audience

Thesis Statement (248, 289)

Transition Words/ Phrases
Repetition
Parallel Structure

Denotation
Connotation
Tone
Style
Diction
Metaphor
Imagery
Theme
Satire
Irony
Personification
Parallelism
Sensory Details
Allusion
Anecdote
Analogy
Atmosphere
Simile
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