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00:01	In this video , we will define the types of
00:04	non fiction genres and what nonfiction is nonfiction . Let's
00:13	look at that word first . The word non means
00:16	not fiction means fake . So if we put those
00:20	together , it means not fake , which means riel
00:26	. So non fiction is not fake or topics that
00:30	actually happened or are really so Nonfiction are really things
00:35	. Fiction are fake things . Our first category .
00:42	We're going to talk about his poetry now . Poetry
00:44	could actually be fiction or nonfiction . You could have
00:49	a poem that was about an actual riel event like
00:52	the Civil War , um , or someone's life .
00:56	Or you could have a poem that is fiction that's
00:59	made up like Sarah Cynthia , Sylvia South . That's
01:02	a fictional poem . Poetry is a shortened form of
01:08	writing that may follow a form or structure , so
01:11	it uses lines . It's organized into stanzas , and
01:15	sometimes you have poems that have certain rhyme schemes like
01:19	limericks , or you have some poems that don't have
01:23	any rules or structure like a free verse . Poems
01:27	are the authors expression of feelings and opinions . So
01:31	how the author feels or thinks about something . Here's
01:37	some examples of poetry books Shel Silverstein is a very
01:42	famous poet . He's written books like Where The Sidewalk
01:45	Ends and a Light in the Attic , and these
01:47	are a collection of poems . Rolling in the Aisles
01:50	is a collection of funny poems , and the 100
01:53	best poems of all Time is again another poetry ,
01:56	anthology or collection of poems . Our next nonfiction genre
02:03	is Biography . Ah , Biography is a true story
02:09	of someone else's life written by someone else . And
02:13	that's what you really need to remember is that it
02:16	is a true story of someone's life . But it's
02:18	not written by that same person . It's written by
02:21	someone else . Here's some examples of biographies . As
02:29	you see , each of these books is about a
02:31	famous person , but if you look at the bottom
02:34	underneath the title , there are different names such as
02:39	Joanne Price , David Porter and Martin Green . These
02:43	are the authors of those biographies , so each of
02:45	these books was not written by the celebrity . It
02:48	was written by someone else , and therefore it's a
02:50	biography . An autobiography is a true story of someone
02:57	else's life , just like a biography , but it's
03:01	written by themselves . It's written by that person .
03:04	If you think about auto auto means like personally ,
03:08	you can do it . So an autobiography is when
03:11	someone writes about their own life . Ah , memoir
03:17	is sort of like an autobiography , but it's just
03:21	a shorter account of their life . It's a memory
03:24	, so think of the word memory When you think
03:27	of memoir . It's a true short account of the
03:30	author's experiences , and it's written by themselves . So
03:33	it's still written by the person it's about . But
03:36	it's just a memory . Not necessarily they , necessarily
03:40	their whole life . A real memory in that person's
03:43	life is what a memoir is . Here are some
03:48	examples of autobiographies and memoirs . The book Soul Surfer
03:53	is about an actual person . Bethany Hamilton , who
03:57	was attacked by a shark , and she is a
03:59	server with one arm . And Frank . The Diary
04:03	of Young Girl is also an autobiography , and Frank
04:06	actually wrote it . It's her diary entries . Chicken
04:09	Soup for the Teenage Soul has a collection of memoirs
04:13	that actual teenagers right about their life . So these
04:17	air all stories about people's lives written by those people
04:25	, informational texts are another form of nonfiction . If
04:30	you see it has the word information in it .
04:33	So what do informational text tell us ? They provide
04:38	information on a certain topic you want to know more
04:41	about . So you could have a book about science
04:46	or a book about how to make crafts . A
04:48	book about a certain sport like soccer . Any articles
04:53	? Or maybe you have a book about social studies
04:56	. Thes All have information , so their informational .
05:03	Here are some examples of informational texts . There's a
05:07	book on baseball , a book on how to draw
05:10	. There's a book on soccer , Ah , Book
05:12	on Cars and a Travel Book of Europe . So
05:16	all of these books are really fax and information about
05:20	certain topics . The next type of non fiction genre
05:26	is articles and essays . Articles and essays are a
05:31	short piece of nonfiction that expresses the writer's opinions or
05:35	shares information about a subject . So it's usually a
05:39	shorter form of writing , and it's it's someone's opinion
05:42	about something . Here's an example of an article on
05:48	the left hand side website helps boost brain power .
05:52	So in this article , the person is trying to
05:55	argue that a website helps increase brain power on the
06:00	right . You'll see on essay why libraries are important
06:05	so this essay is about why libraries are important ,
06:09	and the author is writing their opinion on that .
06:15	Letters are the last type of genre we're going to
06:18	discuss . Ah , letter is a text from one
06:22	person to another , so someone is writing to a
06:26	specific person . It has a certain format . You
06:29	start with deer in the person's name or sincerely ,
06:33	or some kind of beginning or end to introduce yourself
06:37	and to conclude who it's for . You have business
06:41	letters , which are more formal , and then you
06:44	have personal letters like if you were to write a
06:46	letter to a friend or family member , letters are
06:50	in first person point of view . So if I
06:53	was writing a letter , I would say I feel
06:56	this way or I hope you're doing well . It
06:59	wouldn't just be Miss Rice . Singer thinks you're doing
07:02	well . It's written in first person point of view
07:07	. Here are some examples of letters . If you
07:10	look on the left hand side , we have a
07:12	business letter notice . It starts with the name ,
07:17	the address , the date and then dear , the
07:21	person's name , and then it's organized into paragraphs .
07:25	It ends with sincerely and the person's name again .
07:28	So Business letter is a lot more formal . Then
07:31	we have a personal letter on the right again .
07:35	We put the address the date , dear the person's
07:39	name . It's organized into paragraphs and then at the
07:42	end , it has a more personal ending . Greeting
07:45	love from Wendy . So personal letters are a lot
07:50	less formal . These are all the non fiction genres
07:56	that we will be discussing . Make sure you filled
07:59	out all your notes .

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This video introduces several different types of nonfiction including biography, memoir, and informational texts. It lists several examples for each nonfiction genre,

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