Nonfiction

privileged enough to have my own library card. My grandmother always explained to me and my younger sister how important reading is and how far education can get you; expectually will me being a young black male. My favorite genre at the time was nonfiction because I was into history and…

“A river cuts through a rock not because of it’s power, but of its persistence.” - The Things We Say. When you hear this quote, you know right away that the theme of this book is perseverance however, this is not the only theme. Some other themes include friendship and hard work. These are the themes because Michael and the electroclan have to persevere through many challenges. An example of perseverance is when the electroclan is about to be captured by the Elgen. Even though they are about to…

Nonfiction versus fiction is very different for me. Fiction stories are usually intriguing, filled with suspense and drama. They always have an unexpected twist that keeps you wanting more. With nonfiction, the stories are about personal experiences and not always as exciting as a fictional story. If the nonfiction story is not correctly written, the story becomes very boring. For this assignment, I chose Joan Didion’s On Going Home and Langston Hughes’ Salvation. The two stories had an area…

The feedback I provided students on the nonfiction texts feature assessment addressed each individual needs and strengths relative to the standard being measured because it provided students with written exclamation on how well they performed on the assessment then I discussed the areas they had specific difficulty with, which included following through of the directions needed to complete the assessment to earn full credit. For example one student gave an answer but did not include the name of…

Workshop and Advanced Creative Nonfiction, the subject matter is expected and concerned with reaching beyond what some might only see as simple, ugly, or undesirable. The specificity of your intention in examining Clarion and its culture is articulated well and with confidence. I think your plan on having the narrative told out of chronological order, showcasing scenes of the past, present, and eventually one in the future is a wonderful creative choice for this kind of nonfiction piece. The…

going through many tragic events. 8 out of 10 adults Native Americans suffer from alcoholism. Usually 17 people are living in a two or three bedroom home. In the book Saga of the Sioux, the author shows the different conflicts and themes. In the nonfiction novel Saga of the Sioux, there are two major conflicts. They are Man vs Nature and Man vs Society. They were primarily hunters though the cast and santees also did some farming with the buffalo that was the main source of food. This is Man…

When initially starting the nonfiction section, it took me, several classes, to decide what topic I was going to consider writing about for this assignment. However, throughout the unit and with the guidance of numerous effective exercises I narrowed down my topics and instantly started to write. However, as I wrote my creative nonfiction, my writing appeared quite dull with few images and details describing the setting. Consequently, as I revised my creative nonfiction, I started to add…

passed around. I looked around and tried to pick a book and I was not interested in any of them but The Devil in the White City looked interesting as it is mostly based on history of Chicago, and how well written this nonfiction novel is. The Devil in the White City is a nonfiction novel is also divided into four parts, whereas the first three part of the novel is based on Chicago between the years of 1890-1895; meanwhile, the last part of the novel is based on Philadelphia around the year of…

so that he could keep up with them. Hannah even co authored with him in the book Hey, Little Ant. A well known title that Phillip Hoose wrote is Claudette Colvin along with a lot of other books that he has won medals for. Phillip Hoose genre is nonfiction and fiction he even was in the running for…

school as a target. Temple, someone who learned to understand herself and helped the world understand her as she changed it. Ted Conover, a reporter to threw himself into another world to find out who the true villains and victims were in prison. Nonfiction literature is important because…