hello my name is Kylie and welcome to literary genres nonfiction did you know
there are many types of writing in this video you will learn all about the word
genre and the many styles of nonfiction you can read ready let's go
before we get into what nonfiction is all about let's make sure we understand
how to correctly pronounce the word genre is it Jean raah genrih genre it
can be a little tricky so it is pronounced genre it may seem a little
odd but it is pronounced this way because it comes from the French word
spelled and pronounced the same way genre in French it means style or type
of something so instead of asking what type of book are you reading you would
ask what genre is a book you are reading pretty fancy huh we are focusing on
nonfiction in this video but it's important to remember the difference
between nonfiction and fiction you may already know that the things you read
can be grouped into two main categories things that are true or factual and
things that are made up in someone's imagination one way to remember which is
a way to think that since fiction is made up nonfiction is not made up the
non and the word can remind you of the word not some people also like to think
of this word that fiction comes from fictitious fictitious means not real not
true made-up in one's mind for this video we'll be concentrating on true
factual writing nonfiction if you'd like to learn more about fiction please check
out our video literary genre fiction the genre nonfiction or writing that is true
has several types they are biography autobiography articles and subject
specific nonfiction let's break down the word biography bio comes from the Greek
BIOS meaning life and graphy comes from the Greek graphia meaning an account or
explanation so the biography really means life explanation a
biography is the true story of someone's life there is an amazing series of
biography called who was many interesting people are profiled or
written about in the series including Venus and Serena Williams who are tennis
stars Milton Bradley the game inventor and even the infamous pirate Blackbeard
there are hundreds from which to choose if you add the prefix auto in front of
the word biography it changes its meaning to mean a true life story
written by that actual person auto comes from the Greek word oneself or yourself
so if you write your own life story and only stick to the facts you are writing
an autobiography articles are true pieces of writing written for newspapers
magazines and encyclopedia or online sources nonfiction articles are written
using facts and descriptions there shouldn't be anything untrue and the
author should avoid using a lot of descriptive words that can't be measured
or backed up by research articles are meant to be somewhat short and to the
point the author's main purpose in writing an article is to inform the
reader as quickly and clearly as possible you must be careful however not
all authors or sources are honest use your common sense to think about if
something is really true it's also a very good idea to ask your parents
teachers or a librarian about a sources trustworthiness this is especially true
about internet or online article sources articles may include photographs charts
and graphs or other graphics to help you better understand the material always be
sure to read the words by these images these are called caption
and they tell us a little bit more about what the image is and how it is and why
it's important all about alligators how the goldrush changed Alaska the Silk
Road and what was traded along in how train engines work 100 easy recipes for
after-school snacks learning to read French these are all books that present
and explains true real facts about a specific topic they often have pictures
charts graphs and other images to help explain so that we can understand they
are usually set up in sections and often have a glossary a mini dictionary in the
back to help you with words about the topic there are books on just about any
topic that you can think of with the wide variety of topics available to read
about in the literary genre nonfiction the world is literally at your
fingertips where will you start a book about how the steam engine was invented
a biography about Abraham Lincoln to practice what you've learned be sure to
play our fun online games and quizzes until next time remember to always be
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