Nonfiction

what you're reading and why.

Wyatt-Twilight at Monticello by Alan Pell Crawford and Lars-October Sky by Homer H Hickam Jr.

Wyatt-I was interested in reading something focused on a part of a historical figure's life not usually seen. Lars-I was interested in reading something "sciency" and having to do with rockets.

Review what you know about your genre.

It really happened. It can have its own sub-genres. It can often use techniques such as character, plot structure, conflict, foreshadow, and cool, vivid words.

Find out something new about genre.

Broadest category of written works that can include just about any other genre and unique genres like biography and autobiography. It deals with or offers opinions or theories on reality.

fictiō-Latin for fake. Fiction-literary works dealing with imaginary events. Non-Fiction-Not Fake

How do the authors write the beginning of this genre? For October sky, the author began the novel with the character giving an introduction to the story in first-person, past-tense. This tense is used afterward, showing that the character is telling the story after the event took place. For Twilight at Monticello, the author began the novel with a dramatic event in the middle of the story, and then went back to the beginning, leaving a cliff-hanger about that event.

Master Techniques October Sky Situation-starts to develop Setting Speaker cool, vivid words external conflict metaphor

Twlight at Monticello Plot Structure-in medias res Internal Conflict External Conflict Foreshadowing Effective Introduction Indirect characterization