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CHAPTER 5
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• Presents factual information• Expresses a viewpoint• Appears in three major forms
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Nonfiction prose Nonfiction prose is about real people, places, events, and social issues.
Informational Informational NonfNonfictioictionn
Literary NonfictionLiterary Nonfiction
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Informational Informational NonfictionNonfiction
Literary Literary NonfictionNonfiction
Visual Visual CommunicatiCommunicati
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Business documents
Biographies Film
Speeches Essays Photography
Magazines Diaries Television
Newspapers Memoirs Computer art
Research reports
Letters Painting
• Comprehension:Comprehension: understanding the literal meaning
• Application:Application: applying information and ideas from a passage
• Analysis:Analysis: analyzing content, style, and structure
• Synthesis:Synthesis: making connections between separate sources of information
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Reasoning skills are important in reading and interpreting nonfiction prose:
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• Informative essays:Informative essays: educate the reader about a selected subject
• Critical essays:Critical essays: present an in-depth analysis of a subject
• Reviews:Reviews: briefly describe the content of a work of art and evaluate its strengths and weaknesses
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There are three main types of nonfiction prose:
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• Fact:Fact: a statement that can be proved
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Recognizing the difference between facts and opinions is important in understanding nonfiction prose:
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• Opinion:Opinion: a statement that reflects a writer’s personal views
Christmas Day falls on December 25.Christmas Day falls on December 25.
Christmas Day is the best holiday of the Christmas Day is the best holiday of the year.year.
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Recognizing descriptive languagedescriptive language enables you to determine a writer’s views on his or her subject.
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The play was The play was wild, witty, and wonderful.wild, witty, and wonderful.
The play was The play was unimaginative and unimaginative and predictable.predictable.
The script was The script was delightful and sophisticated.delightful and sophisticated.
The script was The script was strained and clumsy.strained and clumsy.
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Suggestions for reading nonfiction prose:
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• Find the main idea.• Look for facts, examples, and evidence
that support an author’s opinion.• Read the summaries and descriptions.• Note characteristics of style and
structure.• Draw conclusions from the ideas and
supporting details.
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Informational nonfiction comes from a variety of sources:
•Essays•Magazine articles•Newspaper articles•Speeches
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Business-related documentsBusiness-related documents are an everyday type of informational nonfiction:
•Mission and goal statements•Employee handbooks•Training manuals•Legal documents
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Literary nonfiction includes the following works:
•Biographies•Memoirs or selected events•Diaries•Letters•Essays•Commentaries•Reviews of works of literature
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Nonfiction prose includes commentaries on areas of visual communication:
•Visual arts:Visual arts: sculpture, painting, photography
•Performing arts:Performing arts: music, dance, theater, film, television
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In commentaries about the visual arts . . .
•Authors recreate the physical appearance of the art in words.
•Authors interpret the emotions or the message that the art seems to convey.
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In reviews of the performing arts . . .
•Reviewers write essays describing and expressing their opinions about an artist or a performance.
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THE THE ENDENDPractice the skills you learned in this chapter by
taking the Chapter Review QuizChapter Review Quiz or the GED GED Practice QuizPractice Quiz.