Nonfiction

Very recently, it may have come to your attention that an assigned novel in AP Language and Composition, Zeitoun, has been come into question on its credibility. The riveting narrative, written by award-winning author Dave Eggers, Zeitoun depicts the struggle of a man, Zeitoun, and his family after the catastrophe of Hurricane Katrina and life during the War on Terror. According to several news articles, it is known that Zeitoun has been arrested and charged for domestic violence and stalking…

Althought both essays have completely different topics, they both have resembling points of view by share common two nonfiction elements of theme and style. In both essay its safe to say that, there themes were being comportbale with yourself. In “School of Hate” Erdely enlightened the readers how students of the “ LGBTQ” groups, were harrassed daily by school bullied for thier sexuality. Many students exspecially around the middle school age doesnt understand; everyone arent always on your…

In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote, is a nonfiction novel about the mass murder of an innocent family. Though highly acclaimed, the book ends up falling short of its nonfiction description, as the article, “Critical Essay on In Cold Blood”, argues that there is great bias in In Cold Blood in the form of sympathy towards the main character, Perry Smith, which is certainly true. Instead of following the conventional format of a nonfiction mystery novel, Capote uses In Cold Blood as an outlet to…

mysterious calamity which still affects the honey bees today. Without bees there would be no fruit and vegetables; there would be no honey or beeswax. The bee wranglers and the bee scientists are trying to understand the colony collapse disorder. This nonfiction/information book “helps adolescents explore the world of science” (p.276). The story is focused on “facts and information” (p.272). This book is an ALA Notable Children’s Books, Middle Readers…

Onyekaorise Chigbogwu is a sophomore that attends Truman High School. Although i met him three years ago at Bridger Middle School, he road my bus. At the time i was new to the district and only knew a few people. I was one of the people on the bus, and so was Onyeka. As i set foot on the bus off to my first day of middle school i was greeted by a welcoming smile, which had withheld and continued on throughout the year. As the year went on we eventually gained an acquaintance that became a…

Krakauer's writing complete nonfiction and includes a vast amount of real life quotes from the subject, Christopher Mccandless, and quotes from those who met Chris throughout his journey. A quote of Chris’s used in the story was this line written on a blank page of a book found with…

The activity pairing nonfiction and fiction text is a comprehension building skill that create units in which the reader reads aloud a nonfiction text to provide background information about a topic that appears in a story or novel that students will read. The students will discuss how authors of fiction use facts to shape their story…

pitch, for all that hard work put in could finally pay of, possible world series MVP you'll find out after you read throwing Strikes. In ¨ Throwing Strikes¨ by R.A Dickey, the book includes 296 pages, a 1st person story, and also has a genre of nonfiction/sports. While reading this book, you won't be able to stop flipping pages. The story is worth all the time in the world and this book will keep you biting your nails from the beginning of the book all the way to the end. If you want to read a…

Introduction to Analyzing Arguments: On Lies My Teacher Told Me Lies My Teacher Told Me a nonfiction book by James W. Loewen goes over the topic of American history, and throughout the book explains and provides evidence as to how history in the US is glorified and ignores important pieces of information that would expose the flaws with many of US events, and VIPs. In addition, Loewen describes how American textbooks can often set back students, holding them from learning the truth about their…

unnecessary and the ways he took it out on people who really didn’t deserve it was brutal. This led to even people of his own country returning that hatred. Throughout the resources available, it is possible to learn about the Holocaust through fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, and films. A fiction book that portrays hate well in the Holocaust is The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak. The people of Germany hated Hitler, as shown in the following quote. “Rudy stopped. ‘Because I want to kill…