What is non-fiction writing?
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Key learning points
- In this lesson, we will introduce 'non-fiction'. We'll discuss some common types of non-fiction as well as learning to identify why we write these pieces and who we write them for.
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5 Questions
Q1.
Non-fiction means the writing is...
Based on fiction
Based on imagined and untrue ideas
Based on invented ideas
Q2.
The three types of non-fiction purpose we are focusing on are:
Advise, persuade and entertain.
Advise, persuade and inform.
Argue, advise and describe.
Q3.
The purpose behind a speech to welcome new members to a sports team and explain the rules is to...
argue
persuade
Q4.
The audience of a non-fiction text is who the author/speaker is. .
True
Q5.
There are four types of non-fiction text.
True